The 1990s saw the rise of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, a turning point in how businesses interacted with their customers. Industry leaders like Oracle, emerging players such as Siebel Systems, and pioneers like Salesforce laid the foundation for what would become one of the most widely adopted strategies in modern marketing—CRM. While the basic idea of collecting customer data, analyzing it, and tailoring communications had been around for decades, these early CRM solutions expanded its scope significantly. Over the past forty years, CRM has evolved into an indispensable tool, enabling companies to go far beyond tracking transactions to building lasting relationships. But as business models shifted online, a new challenge emerged—how do you manage relationships with peop…  ( 9 min )

How many times have you done this as a front-end developer? ["Pizza", "Pasta", "Ice Cream"].join(", ") // "Pizza, Pasta, Ice Cream" Looks fine… until you realize something’s wrong: the final “and” is missing. So you patch it with slice, map, conditionals, maybe even a helper function that grows messier with every project. But here’s the thing: you shouldn’t be solving this problem at all. There’s already a native API designed for this: Intl.ListFormat. Intl.ListFormat? Intl.ListFormat is part of the Internationalization API. Its job is simple: turn an array into a human-friendly string that respects language and cultural conventions. No custom utilities, no edge cases, no spaghetti code. .join() Unlike .join(), Intl.ListFormat gives you control over style, meaning, and locale. Even sm…  ( 8 min )

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, one company stands at the forefront of innovation in personal assistants—Apple. With its ongoing internal project, Veritas, Apple is preparing to take a bold step in transforming its beloved voice assistant, Siri, into something more sophisticated, intuitive, and, above all, more capable of understanding complex, context-driven conversations. As AI technology advances, so too must the tools that we use every day. Veritas is Apple's answer to this need, promising a future where your device not only responds to commands but engages in meaningful dialogue, ensuring that your every interaction is fluid, intelligent, and private. Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, has long been a cornerstone of the iOS ecosystem. First introduced in 2011, S…  ( 9 min )

Edition #214 - September 2025 Welcome to issue #214 of the AWS open source newsletter, the newsletter where I try and provide you the best open source on AWS content. Sometimes less is more, and I am using that as an excuse as I was on holiday for the first two weeks of September (in lovely Cornwall for those wondering, hiking the SW Coastal Path), and so have less time that usual to put this together. That said, this edition is still packed with great new projects to check out, and all the other usual goodness. In this edition, we have a nice selection of projects that broad range of use cases - some great developer tool extensions and integrations for generative AI, tools to help you optimise the developer experience when developing solutions using AgentCore, some nice tools to help yo…  ( 24 min )

That's right, both Vim and Neovim are now a part of my life. I love them both. Today's topic isn't about Vim vs. Neovim, I just wanted to share my experience with you all. I use Vim for all kinds of text editing and Neovim for coding At the end of December 2024 and into early January 2025, I started learning Vim. Before that, Zed had just been released for Linux, so I installed it on my Manjaro device. After trying Zed for a few days, I found it really cool, it used less RAM than VSCode. Like everyone else, I began my development journey with VSCode. I saw people bragging about Vim and Neovim, and I noticed some developers typing incredibly fast. Seriously, just using the keyboard without ever touching the mouse, they were moving really fast! I was like, I have to learn this, and here I am…  ( 7 min )

LangChain is a framework that simplifies the creation of applications using LLMs. It provides a modular and composable way to build complex LLM workflows by offering various components that can be chained together. Key Concepts and Components of LangChain: Models: LLMs: Integrations with various language models (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, Anthropic). These are the core engines that understand and generate human-like text. Chat Models: Optimized for conversational interactions, often working with a list of messages (e.g., system, human, AI messages). Embeddings: Converts text into numerical vectors, crucial for tasks like semantic search, retrieval, and similarity comparisons. Prompts: Prompt Templates: Standardized ways to construct prompts for LLMs. They allow you to dynamically insert v…  ( 11 min )

So, you want to make a game? Python and JavaScript are a great combo for getting started, especially if you're a beginner. Python is fantastic for handling the game's logic and backend, while JavaScript is perfect for the frontend—what players actually see and interact with. Let's walk through how you can create a simple text-based guessing game. Part 1: Setting Up with Python We'll start with Python. The game's core logic will be a simple "guess the number" game. The computer will pick a random number, and the player will try to guess it. Here's the Python code for our game's backend. You can save this as game_logic.py. import random def generate_random_number(): """Generates a random number between 1 and 100.""" return random.randint(1, 100) def check_guess(guess, number_to_gu…  ( 8 min )

I don't know why, but when I try to learn frontend development, I don't find it as exciting as backend or Linux related topics. I understand React, but my real struggle is UI design, I'm just not good at it. With backend projects, I can read documentation, follow tutorials, and build things. But design? Remember that meme about backend developers who can't center a div? That's me. While building the dashboard with React and TailwindCSS for this blog, I hit a wall with design. So I thought: Let's try AI! What followed was 2-3 days of frustration. My first prompt: "Create a React login component." The result? A stark white screen with basic inputs, zero creativity. I refined my request, but the AI kept producing similar uninspired designs. And you can also guess what happened with the other components and how many times I had to re-run the prompt to redesign the dashboard. That's when I realized: AI needs precise prompting, and even then, its creativity is limited. What started as a helper became a crutch. I began using AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot) for everything: Simple text changes I could make in seconds Basic layout fixes Errors I could've solved with a quick Google search The scary part? The more I used AI for trivial tasks, the harder it became to think independently. Like slow poison, reliance crept in: Immediate solutions felt convenient My problem-solving muscles weakened I grew impatient with manual work AI is a tool, not a replacement It can't replicate human creativity in design The prompt matters "Make a beautiful login page" ≠ effective instruction Overuse harms growth If you delegate thinking, you stop learning Those 2-3 days taught me: Use AI to enhance skills, not avoid developing them.  ( 6 min )

You may have noticed: with MUI, when you refresh the page in dark mode, it starts already dark. But with other UI frameworks (like Ant Design), you often see a flash of light mode before switching to dark. Here’s why MUI works smoothly and what happens behind the scenes. Pre-hydration color scheme init MUI provides a tiny inline script (getInitColorSchemeScript) that runs in before React hydrates. It reads the saved mode (from localStorage) or system preference and sets data-mui-color-scheme="dark|light" on the tag before first paint. CSS variables for both schemes With CssVarsProvider, MUI generates CSS variables for both light and dark schemes. The browser picks the correct set immediately based on the data-mui-color-scheme attribute. SSR compatibility On the serv…  ( 7 min )

Need to extract structured data from messy text without leaving SQL? PostgreSQL’s REGEXP_MATCH returns the first match as a text[], mapping capturing groups to array slots. This is the function you reach for when LIKE is too weak and you want patterns you can version, test, and reuse. Below: minimal syntax, copy-paste queries, and the trade-offs to watch when moving regex logic into the database. regexp_match(input_string, posix_pattern [, flags ]) Flags include 'i' (case-insensitive), others per docs. Returns NULL (no match) or a text[]. Use [1] to unwrap the whole match. Phone (single match): SELECT regexp_match('Office: 212-555-0199 ext.7', '[0-9]{3}[-.●]?[0-9]{3}[-.●]?[0-9]{4}')[1] AS phone; -- '212-555-0199' Email: SELECT regexp_match('email: ops@company.dev', '[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-…  ( 23 min )

Welcome back to Code in Action, the series where we build practical backend projects step by step. In this tutorial, we're going to recreate a simplified version of Bitly—the popular online service that allows you to convert long URLs into shorter and easier to share ones. Our API will include two endpoints: HTTP POST /shorten for storing the original URL and responding with a custom link containing a short ID. HTTP GET /:shortId for redirecting the client to the original URL corresponding to the short ID. By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to: Validate and normalize user-provided URLs Generate short, unique IDs Store and retrieve data in an in-memory object Redirect clients from short links to original URLs Return appropriate HTTP status codes for errors and edge cases Protect y…  ( 15 min )

Overview, Historical Timeline, Problems & Solutions You want to store many values together in order. You want to keep the order and change the values later. A Python list gives you that power. A Python list is a mutable sequence. This means you can add, remove, or change items in place. A Python list holds other objects. These objects can be numbers, strings, or other lists. The list keeps the order in which you added them. Python lets you store many values in order using a list. groceries = ["milk", "bread", "eggs"] print(groceries[1]) # prints: bread To write a list in Python, use square brackets []. Inside the brackets, write each item. Use commas to separate them. A list can be empty or hold many items. A list with one item must still use commas. Python lets you write lists using squa…  ( 10 min )

When Chaos Used to Run the Room 11:38 AM. The ETH charts went red faster than my heart rate. Double-digit drop in minutes. Discord pings exploded. Someone in governance chat dropped the dreaded line: Manual assembly: Find the right function, pray it’s the right contract. Audit nightmare: Later, you’re stuck explaining to regulators or your community what you think happened. Even when we had a so-called “plan,” it was fragmented across Notion docs, random chats, and people’s muscle memory. Let’s be real. It was not a plan, it was a gamble. Encoding Crisis Instead of Hoping Through It The YAML Playbook Approach Here’s the actual skeleton of one of our playbooks: execution: sequential triggers: price_drop: asset: "ETH" threshold: 10% timeframe: "5min" actions: require_approvals: call…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I built SparrowStash, a personal finance dashboard that goes beyond simple expense tracking by integrating a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for financial advice. The app is a simple, modern solution for anyone who wants to manage their money better and get intelligent, contextual advice. The core problem it solves is turning raw financial data into actionable insights, helping users understand their spending habits while also providing expert guidance from a trusted knowledge base. SparrowStash is built on a robust and modern stack, combining the power of Next.js for the application framework, KendoReact for a professional and feature-rich UI, Supabase for secure backend services, and Nuclia for its powerful RA…  ( 7 min )

📝 Definitions Shallow copy A new object is created, but its nested objects/arrays are still referenced (not copied). Deep copy A new object is created, and all nested objects/arrays are recursively copied, so they are fully independent. const obj = { user: "Ali", settings: { theme: "dark" } }; // Shallow copies const copy1 = { ...obj }; const copy2 = Object.assign({}, obj); copy1.user = "Sara"; console.log(obj.user); // "Ali" (independent primitive) copy1.settings.theme = "light"; console.log(obj.settings.theme); // "light" (nested object was shared!) 👉 Only the top-level properties are copied. Nested references still point to the same objects. structuredClone (modern JS) const obj = { user: "Ali", settings: { theme: "dark" } }; const deepCopy = structuredClone(obj); deep…  ( 7 min )

Loading states are everywhere—from profile cards to dashboards. Skeleton loaders keep users engaged while data is being fetched, but writing custom skeletons for every component quickly becomes repetitive. That’s where dynamic skeleton loading in React can help—automatic, reusable, and clean. ✅ Improves perceived performance — users see immediate feedback instead of a blank screen. ✅ Keeps layouts consistent while waiting for data. ✅ Provides a more polished and professional UX. Instead of designing one-off static skeletons for every button, card, or image, we’ll build a smart wrapper that handles it automatically. npm install react-skeletonify # or yarn add react-skeletonify Add the styles once: import "react-skeletonify/dist/index.css"; Let’s build a simple ProfileCard component to see…  ( 7 min )

🚀 The Core Idea Hydration errors happen only if the first client render output doesn’t match the server-rendered HTML. Most setState calls you write run after hydration is finished, so React treats them as normal updates, not as mismatches. Server render HTML is generated on the server and sent to the browser. Client boot React runs the first client render and hydrates the existing DOM. It compares this client render output with the server HTML. If they differ, React shows a hydration mismatch warning. After hydration useEffect callbacks run. User events (clicks, inputs) happen. Calling setState here triggers a normal re-render; React patches the DOM without comparing to the server again. ✅ So if your initial client render matches the server, later setState calls will not cau…  ( 7 min )

Introduction I have been building CRUD applications for a long time, during my previous job, internships, and university assignments. In a typical CRUD application, your project is divided into three major components. Front-end: Built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks or libraries like React, Angular, or Vue. Back-end: APIs built using Java with Spring Boot, Python with Django or Flask, or Node.js and Express. Database: Where all data is stored and retrieved, using SQL databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, or NoSQL options like MongoDB. This structure is often called a 3-Tier Architecture because the application is basically divided into three layers: frontend, backend, and database. Eventually, I learned about Microservices architecture, or at least I thought I did. To…  ( 9 min )

TL;DR Declare: const { login } = useTideCloak(); Add this: Login That's it. No password storage, no hashing logic. Traditional authentication knows dangerously too much. Its sole job is to determine whether users are who they claim to be, and nothing more. Yet today's systems must both know how to challenge users (password/biometric) and decide if they're valid. Whether you hash and salt passwords locally or use OAuth via a provider like Okta or Facebook, someone still holds secrets. When that someone is compromised, because you trusted them implicitly, you absorb the fallout. It feels unavoidable. But what if authentication could verify a user without sending or storing secrets anywhere, and without trusting any single party to act as the author…  ( 9 min )

In today’s digital-first world, our lives are increasingly dependent on passwords. From banking apps to social media accounts, email services to work platforms, we juggle dozens sometimes even hundreds of unique credentials. Managing them securely has become a challenge, which is why password managers have emerged as an essential tool. The Rising Importance of Password Managers Generating strong, unique passwords automatically. Auto-filling logins securely across devices. However, convenience should never come at the cost of security. This is where encryption comes into play. Encryption 101: The Basics At-Rest Encryption: Data is encrypted while stored on a server or device. End-to-End Encryption (E2EE): Data is encrypted on the sender’s device and only decrypted on the recipient’s device.…  ( 9 min )

I track time distribution and drop-offs, but I’m curious—what signals do you trust for decks/proposals?  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. AI Project Manager is an innovative web application built with React and KendoReact that combines traditional project management with artificial intelligence to create an exceptional user experience. Traditional project management is complex and time-consuming. Teams need tools that automate repetitive tasks, provide predictive insights, and facilitate informed decision-making. This application addresses these challenges by integrating conversational AI, predictive analytics, and collaborative management into a modern, user-friendly interface. 🤖 Conversational AI Assistant with RAG integration (Nuclia) 📊 Interactive Dashboard with real-time metrics 📋 Advanced Task Management with full CRUD operations 📅 Calendar and Sche…  ( 8 min )

Time Traveler AI: Teaching Language Models to Understand the Past Imagine an AI assistant completely misinterpreting a classic novel because it doesn't grasp the historical context of the language. Or worse, failing to recognize harmful biases that were once considered acceptable. Current large language models excel at many tasks, but often lack a crucial dimension: a deep understanding of language evolution. The core idea is to build language models capable of understanding how word meanings and connotations change over time. We can achieve this by training AI on massive datasets meticulously organized by time period, enabling the AI to contextualize language within its specific historical moment. Think of it like teaching a child about idioms. They don't just need to know what the word…  ( 7 min )

Blood: Refreshed Supply is the newly announced remaster of the cult 2.5-D shooter Blood: Fresh Supply, and its trailer teases revamped levels, fresh content and loads of community mods. Expect all the classic gore-soaked mayhem dialed up with modern polish and surprises. It’s dropping soon on PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam, GOG, Humble Store, Epic Games Store), so start sharpening those stakes. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

After sharing my journey in my first post, I thought I’d dive into something that could help those of you just starting your freelance or dev-for-hire journey. I’ve been freelancing as a self-taught developer for a while now building sites with React, Tailwind CSS, and the MERN stack. I’ve worked with local clients, sold templates, and even built tools for small business owners. But I made a lot of mistakes early on. Here are 5 things I wish I had known when I started freelancing as a web developer. Charge for Value, Not Time I used to charge hourly, and honestly? It was a mistake. Most clients don’t care about your hours, they care about results. If you can build them a fast, modern website that helps them convert more visitors or automate part of their business, that’s valuable. ✅ Focus …  ( 7 min )

The 3-Tool Rule: How Senior Devs Eliminate Tool Switching and Boost Focus Time Pratham naik for Teamcamp ・ Sep 29 #tooling #webdev #productivity #devops  ( 5 min )

In today’s AI-driven world, scale often dominates the conversation. We hear about massive models, large cloud infrastructures, and global platforms. But what if the future isn’t only about going bigger — but also about going smaller, smarter, and more accessible? That’s where my vision of the Micro MCP Server comes in. Why Micro Matters The idea behind a Micro MCP Server is simple yet transformative: instead of relying on one large, complex Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to handle everything, we shift toward lightweight, modular servers that can be deployed quickly and tailored to very specific use cases. Think of it as moving from monolithic systems to “microservices,” but in the world of MCP and AI-driven infrastructure. What Is a Micro MCP Server? A Micro MCP Server is: Lightweight…  ( 7 min )

The 3-Tool Rule: How Senior Devs Eliminate Tool Switching and Boost Focus Time Pratham naik for Teamcamp ・ Sep 29 #tooling #webdev #productivity #devops  ( 6 min )

Table of Contents Why Tool Switching Kills Focus The 3-Tool Rule Explained Real-World Case Study VS Code (Creation) Teamcamp (Coordination) Linear (Collaboration) Metrics to Track Common Pitfalls Implementation Plan You track tasks in Jira. Code reviews happen in GitHub. Team communication flows through Slack. Time gets logged in Toggl. Project updates live in Notion. Client feedback arrives via email. I think You Face this Problem, right?  The average developer switches between 9-12 different tools daily. Each switch costs 3-5 minutes of focus time, adding up to 2.5 hours of lost productivity per day. Senior developers who consistently ship quality code faster have discovered a simple solution: the 3-Tool Rule. Context Switching Crisis Every time you switch from your IDE to Slack, …  ( 12 min )

Are you a developer looking for a clean, professional, and free domain for your portfolio, projects, or personal site? .is-a.dev — a community-driven service that gives developers free subdomains like: yourname.is-a.dev project.is-a.dev portfolio.is-a.dev The best part? You don’t need to buy a domain or configure a registrar — you just submit a small JSON file via GitHub. In this guide, you’ll learn: ✅ What .is-a.dev is ✅ Why developers use it ✅ Rules you need to know ✅ Step-by-step setup (with examples) ✅ How to update or delete it later Let’s get rolling 🚀 .is-a.dev? .is-a.dev is an open-source service that gives developers free subdomains for personal or software-related projects. Registration happens via a GitHub pull request to their public repo. You can use it for: 🌐 Portfolios …  ( 8 min )

I originally posted this post on my blog a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. In many ways, we're living in the best time in history. Yes, some leaders are suspiciously looking at each other with a finger ready to press a red button. But, centuries ago, people died from diseases we treat today with pills we can freely buy at any grocery store. Tech has advanced so much that we barely notice how many gadgets and breakthroughs we use before breakfast. I'll be counting them as we go. At 7:00 AM, your smartphone (#1) rings to wake you up. You don't use an alarm clock anymore. A few hours before that, your AC (#2) automatically turned off after regulating your room's temperature. Or maybe you have a fan, but I'm still counting #2. After waking up, you didn't stop to notice you have electr…  ( 7 min )

Imagine building a complete website—without opening VS Code, Sublime, or even Notepad++. Just you, your ideas, and an AI assistant. Sounds futuristic? Well, it’s already happening. We’re entering an era where AI is challenging the role of traditional IDEs. Tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and even ChatGPT itself can help developers generate, debug, and optimize code faster than ever. But does that mean code editors are becoming obsolete? Let’s dive in. For decades, code editors and IDEs were the developer’s comfort zone. They provided: Syntax highlighting for readability Autocomplete & snippets to save time Extensions & plugins to speed workflows Built-in debugging that made problem-solving manageable Opening VS Code or WebStorm felt like sharpening your sword before battle. But now,…  ( 7 min )

Use this filter to modify posts per page at woocommerce orders: /** * Modify number of orders displayed per page in My Account * * @param array $args Query arguments for fetching orders. * @return array Modified query arguments. */ function modify_order_per_page( $args ) { $args['posts_per_page'] = 4; // Change 10 to the desired number of orders per page. return $args; } add_filter( 'woocommerce_my_account_my_orders_query', 'modify_order_per_page', 10, 1 );  ( 6 min )

In the fast-paced digital era, learning and development (L&D) has become a core driver of growth for enterprises. As business landscapes evolve and competition intensifies, companies must continuously upgrade employee skills and adapt to new technologies. Traditional training models often struggle to keep up they are time-consuming, expensive, and not always effective. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI in eLearning is revolutionizing how enterprises train their workforce, making learning personalized, data driven, and scalable. From streamlining onboarding to improving leadership development, AI-powered eLearning platforms are helping organizations achieve higher productivity and stronger business outcomes. If your business is planning to modernize its training process, now is the tim…  ( 9 min )

Have you ever wondered why some apps feel unforgettable while others fade into the background? It’s not just about clean layouts or pixel-perfect UI anymore. We’re entering a new era—from UI (User Interface) to XI (eXperiential Interface)—where design isn’t only about how something looks, but about how it makes you feel and act. For years, UI was about buttons, colors, and grids. While these are still important, they don’t define the success of an application. Think about: Netflix → It’s not just a movie list; it’s a journey of discovery. Airbnb → Not just a booking app; it’s about trust and storytelling. Duolingo → More than lessons; it’s gamified learning that keeps you hooked. What connects them? They deliver an experience, not just an interface. An XI (eXperiential Interface) focuses …  ( 7 min )

🛠️ Foundation Phase Recap (Aug 11 – Sep 28) I started my foundation phase on August 11 with the goal of building comfort in scripting, querying, and managing environments. Over the past seven weeks, I’ve explored Linux, Cloud, SQL, and built my first ETL pipeline. Each week had its own focus, and I’ve documented everything on Hashnode and GitHub. This week was about getting familiar with Linux commands and understanding cloud architecture. I practiced workflows like navigation, file management, permissions, and package handling. On the cloud side, I explored service models and AWS basics. 📄 Hashnode Article: Week 1 & Week 2 – Linux and Cloud Fundamentals 📂 GitHub Documentation: Week 1 – Reflections I refined my Linux skills with process control, scheduling tasks, and monitoring syste…  ( 7 min )

Using AI for Secure Coding: Avoiding Common Vulnerabilities Jaideep Parashar ・ Sep 29 #ai #programming #webdev #beginners  ( 6 min )

Intro: In an age where every smartphone is a gateway to immersive experiences, brands are no longer just selling products—they're crafting digital adventures. Coca-Cola’s latest collaboration with Star Wars is a shining example of how technology, storytelling, and fandom can converge to create something truly magical. Scan. Select. See the Force Come Alive.: The process is deceptively simple. You scan a QR code on the bottle. A webpage opens, inviting you to choose your favorite character. Once you agree to the terms, the site asks for a photo—just one. That image becomes the seed for something magical. Using AI and AR, Coca-Cola generates a personalized hologram featuring your chosen character. It’s a storytelling evolution. Coca-Cola has transformed a simple scan into a moment of personal immersion. It’s not merely about watching a character appear on your screen; it’s about entering their world. CocaCola When fans select their favorite Star Wars character and see them materialize as a hologram—personalized with their own photo—it creates a sense of co-presence. The experience feels like a shared scene from a movie, where the fan is no longer a spectator but a participant. This emotional depth is what sets Coca-Cola’s approach apart. It taps into the power of nostalgia, yes—but it also invites fans to reimagine themselves within the universe they love. The bottle becomes a bridge between memory and imagination, between physical product and digital persona. What Coca-Cola has done here is more than a campaign. It’s emotional engineering. By blending nostalgia with cutting-edge tech, they’ve created a moment that feels personal, memorable, and shareable. It’s a masterclass in how brands can use AI and AR not just to impress, but to connect. In a world where every mobile device is a canvas, Coca-Cola has shown that even a Coca-cola can becomes a portal to a galaxy far, far away. And in doing so, they’ve reminded us that the future of marketing isn’t just digital—it’s deeply human. Coca-Cola Campaign  ( 7 min )

Your Personal AI Assistant in Action! Imagine chatting with an AI that crafts emails, writes code, explains complex topics, or even translates languages for you—all in natural, fluent language. That’s the magic behind Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 or Google’s Gemini! What Are LLMs? Large Language Models are a type of artificial intelligence trained on huge volumes of text data. They learn patterns, meanings, and contexts from books, websites, and conversations, enabling them to understand and generate human-like text. Example: Suppose you’re a fresher and need a quick summary of a research topic, or you’re an engineer stuck with a tricky code bug. You can simply ask an LLM: “Explain machine learning like I’m five,” or “What’s wrong with this Python snippet?” The LLM responds instantly, breaking down the information or debugging the code in plain, understandable language—like a super-smart collaborator available 24/7. Why Should You Care? Freshers: Get study help, personalized explanations, and even interview practice with zero judgement. Engineers: Speed up coding, automate documentation, brainstorm solutions, and explore ideas faster than ever. Conlusion LLMs are revolutionizing how we learn, work, and create. Whether you’re just starting your tech journey or already building the next big thing, understanding LLMs gives you a serious edge in today’s AI-powered world!  ( 6 min )

In today’s app economy, App Store Subscriptions have become one of the most reliable ways to generate recurring revenue. Apple’s Subscription Groups feature is designed to help developers organize and optimize In-App Purchases, while also creating a smoother user experience. This guide explains how subscription groups work, how to set them up in App Store Connect, and how to align them with your monetization strategy. A subscription group is a collection of In-App Purchase subscriptions that share similar benefits or features. Inside one group, a user can only hold one active subscription at a time, and introductory offers or free trials apply only once within that group. Example: A health app could place its workout plans (weekly, monthly, yearly) into one group. Nutrition content (diet p…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. KendoReact Components Used [Optional: Code Smarter, Not Harder prize category] AI Coding Assistant Usage [Optional: RAGs to Riches prize category] Nuclia Integration  ( 5 min )

As developers, we often focus on building features fast. But here’s the truth: A single security flaw can undo months of hard work. That’s why I’ve started using AI not just to write and debug code, but also to spot vulnerabilities early. It’s like having a security reviewer on call 24/7. Here are some ways AI helps me code more securely. 1️⃣ Input Validation Many bugs and exploits come from unvalidated input. AI can flag missing checks. 💡 Prompt Example: “Review this function for input validation vulnerabilities. Suggest fixes for injection or invalid inputs.” Why: Protects against SQL injection, XSS, and other common attacks. 2️⃣ Authentication Flaws Implementing login and token systems can be tricky. AI helps generate secure patterns. 💡 Prompt Example: “Write secure JWT authenticatio…  ( 9 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Join 2X Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free, live audio Q&A where he’ll pull back the curtain on the mix bus, share pro tips from his 30+ years in the major-label world, and show you the same techniques that helped him rack up 114 gold and platinum credits. Whether you’re into music production, recording tricks, or plotting your own career trajectory, you’re in for practical advice and real-time feedback. Stick around for some killer giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix, and Bettermaker during the broadcast, and check out Ken’s extra resources—like Mix Critiques on SoundBetter, GreenHAAS comp tools, merch, and more—across his socials and website. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair brings “Bambú” to COLORS Hailing from Suba in Bogotá, Penyair stops by the iconic COLORS stage with a stripped-back, meditative performance of his new single “Bambú,” following up on his latest album Filantropía. The minimal setup lets his raw talent and smooth flow shine without distractions. Catch the performance via your favorite streaming links, follow him on TikTok and Instagram, and dive into COLORS’ curated playlists and 24/7 livestream for more fresh sounds and standout artists. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village This page is basically a shout-out to Century of Song, a fresh anthology exploring the most important music of the last 100 years. You’ll find direct purchase links for Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, and Indigo so you can grab your copy in a snap. Oh, and if you’ve got a soft spot for folk classics, there’s also a link to Dancing Willow’s demo of “The Foggy Dew” for a taste of some Village-style vibes. Enjoy! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Get ready to break free from the pentatonic rut in today’s livestream, where you'll dive into the actual scales top guitarists swear by in just one lesson. But hurry—tonight’s your last chance to grab The Scale Matrix guide (3.5+ hours of lessons covering 25+ scales and modes) at 50% off. Snag the Early Access deal before midnight ET at guitarscales.co. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? Bryan Bros had an epic day teeing off with the US Junior champ and can’t wait to share all the highs and hilarious moments. They’re fired up to have you along for the ride—join their newsletter, Discord and Twitch—and snag exclusive discounts on everything from Rhoback apparel and Bushnell rangefinders to LAB putters and more. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory dives into the wild question of just how much destruction Donkey Kong’s signature punch could cause—crunching Smash Bros. damage stats alongside his new, beefed-up feats in Donkey Kong Bananza to see if DK’s fist could level a building (or at least a barrel). Shout-outs to writers Tom Robinson & Zaech Stew, editors Axellent, Koen Verhagen, Marc Schneider & Jerika, and sound designer Yosi Berman. Big thanks to Boot.Dev (grab 25% off with code THEGAMETHEORISTS) and Epidemic Sound for keeping the tunes royalty-free! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

In 2025, the line between web and native apps is thinner than ever. Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) bring the reliability, speed, and engagement of native apps—directly through the browser. They can be installed on devices, work offline, send push notifications, and deliver app-like experiences without going through app stores. Cross-Platform Reach – One codebase works across browsers, mobile, and desktop. Offline Capability – Service workers cache assets and data, allowing users to stay connected even without internet. App Store Independence – Skip app store gatekeeping; users can install your PWA straight from the browser. Lightweight – PWAs are often smaller and faster to install than native apps. Service Workers Web App Manifest Push Notifications Installability Real-World Examples Twitter Lite – Reduced data usage dramatically while delivering a fast, full-featured experience. Starbucks PWA – Works offline and allows users to browse the menu without a connection. Spotify Web – Streamlined and installable web app experience. Add a manifest.json file with app metadata. Register a service worker in your JavaScript. Use HTTPS to ensure security (required for service workers). Test installability with Lighthouse. PWAs are not just a trend—they’re the future of the web. By adopting PWAs, developers can deliver fast, reliable, and engaging user experiences without the friction of app store distribution. Learn more about PWAs  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. If you've been following my blog, you know I'm a big believer in building things the hard way to truly understand them. From my own Gitea server to the backend systems for my website, I'm logging the entire process of building a full digital ecosystem from scratch. As promised in an earlier blog post, I decided it was time I develop my own tool to manage the blog itself. The KendoReact Free Components Challenge was the perfect spark to the fire. I built the Campfire Logs CMS, a personal Content Management System Dashboard and Editor designed specifically for my blog series, "Campfire Logs: The Art of Trial & Error". This is a private dashboard that provides a clean, efficient interface for content creation and management, w…  ( 8 min )

In this article, we’ll show how to automate EBS volume upsizing using CloudWatch alarms, SNS notifications, AWS Systems Manager runbooks, and Lambda. By the end, we will have a hands-free setup that detects when volumes are running low on space, triggers an automated workflow, and expands them without downtime, keeping our workloads running smoothly This solution was created so we can fix a specific problem, and that is for the workloads that are running SAP in our EC2 instances, which sometimes run out of space. However, we are very intricate with our cost. The challenge is that not all disks are mounted on the same mount point: some are under /hana/data, others are under /usr/. Also, AWS Lambda currently has no way or library to identify inside our EC2 instances which volumes we have or …  ( 16 min )

La conversación sobre las criptomonedas ha cambiado drásticamente en los últimos años. Lo que antes se consideraba un nicho especulativo ahora se está convirtiendo en una pieza clave de la innovación financiera, y los desarrolladores están en el centro de esta transformación. Desde contratos inteligentes y aplicaciones DeFi hasta mercados de NFT y soluciones de identidad basadas en blockchain, el alcance de las criptomonedas va mucho más allá del simple trading. Para los desarrolladores, esto abre oportunidades no solo para crear nuevas herramientas, sino también para invertir en la propia infraestructura que están construyendo. Un aspecto interesante es el auge de las plataformas de accesibilidad cripto, que simplifican la incorporación de usuarios cotidianos. Servicios como MoonPay han hecho que sea mucho más sencillo para usuarios no técnicos comprar e interactuar con criptomonedas, lo que a su vez impulsa la adopción y genera demanda para las aplicaciones y herramientas que los desarrolladores están creando. Si trabajas en proyectos relacionados con blockchain, mantenerte informado sobre las tendencias de inversión no solo se trata de finanzas personales, sino también de obtener información sobre qué tecnologías están ganando tracción y de dónde vendrá la próxima ola de crecimiento de usuarios. El 2025 se perfila como el año en que desarrolladores e inversores convergen más que nunca, convirtiendo a las criptomonedas no solo en una clase de activos, sino en un ecosistema de desarrollo que vale la pena explorar.  ( 6 min )

Jeder Krypto-Bull-Run fühlt sich ähnlich an: neue Allzeithochs, Hype auf Twitter und eine Flut neugieriger Neulinge, die herausfinden wollen, wie sie ihren ersten Token kaufen können. Aber aus Entwicklersicht hat sich das eigentliche Nadelöhr kaum verändert — das Onboarding ist immer noch umständlich. Bei all der Innovation rund um L2s, DeFi-Protokolle und Token-Standards bleibt der Einstiegspunkt für die meisten User der größte Stolperstein. Dinge wie: Wie bringt man Fiat in Krypto, ohne die Leute schon bei Schritt eins zu verlieren? Wie baut man eine App, die Komplexität abstrahiert, aber dennoch non-custodial bleibt? Wie stellt man regulatorische Compliance sicher, ohne die UX zu zerstören? Warum On-Ramps für Devs wichtig sind Wenn wir über „Adoption“ sprechen, dominiert oft die Preisentwicklung die Erzählung. In Wahrheit beginnt Adoption jedoch damit, dass Entwickler den Einstieg für Nutzer so einfach wie möglich machen. Wenn deine App sicher ist, aber niemand sie einfach finanzieren kann, spielt der Rest keine Rolle. Darum sind Fiat-zu-Krypto-Dienste zu einer stillen, aber zentralen Säule des Ökosystems geworden. Manche Wallets und dApps integrieren Anbieter (wie MoonPay und andere) direkt, sodass User in wenigen Klicks von null auf finanziert sind. Für Entwickler ist das enorm: Man muss das Banking-Rails-Rad nicht neu erfinden, sondern kann bestehende Infrastruktur einfach einbinden. Das Fazit Krypto wird nicht durch eine einzelne Killer-App oder einen spekulativen Zyklus Mainstream. Es wird dorthin kommen, weil sich Developer Experience (DX) und User Experience (UX) annähern — und Onboarding endlich nicht mehr der „schwerste Teil“ ist. Wenn du heute im Web3-Bereich baust, denke weniger darüber nach, den nächsten Hype zu jagen, und mehr darüber, wie schnell ein neuer User dein Produkt tatsächlich nutzen kann. Genau dort beginnt die echte Adoptionskurve.  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I've built a comprehensive Cryptocurrency Tracker application that helps users monitor cryptocurrency prices, track their portfolio, and stay educated about the crypto market. The application provides real-time market data, price charts, portfolio management, and educational resources - all wrapped in a beautiful, responsive UI built with KendoReact components. Key features include: Real-time cryptocurrency price tracking Interactive price charts with different timeframes Portfolio management with profit/loss tracking Educational resources for crypto beginners Customizable theme and currency preferences Responsive design that works on all devices Live Demo Home dashboard showing market overview and top cryptocurrencies Portfolio tracking with profit/loss visualization Educational resources section GitHub Repository AppBar - Main navigation header Card - Content containers throughout the app PanelBar - For collapsible content sections Dialog - Modal dialogs for user interactions Grid - For displaying cryptocurrency data tables Chart - For price and market data visualization Skeleton - Loading placeholders Button - All interactive actions Input - Text input fields NumericTextBox - Number input fields Switch - Toggle switches in settings DropDownList - Selection dropdowns Form - Form handling and validation Notification - User alerts and messages SvgIcon - Consistent iconography Fade - Smooth animations ChartSeries - Price trend visualization ChartCategoryAxis - Time-based axis for charts ChartValueAxis - Price/value axis for charts I used the AI Coding Assistant to help with: Setting up the initial project structure with Vite + React + TypeScript Implementing complex chart configurations for the price visualization Optimizing performance for the cryptocurrency data grid Creating responsive layouts that work across different screen sizes Debugging TypeScript type issues with the KendoReact components  ( 6 min )

As developers, we’ve all used (or at least heard of) the classic photo editing tools—Photoshop, GIMP, Lightroom. They’re powerful, but also: Hard to learn (steep learning curve, especially for non-designers) Heavy (big installs, high-performance hardware requirements) Time-consuming (object removal, background cleanup, or lighting tweaks can take hours) For quick edits or prototyping visuals, they can feel like overkill. Google’s Nano Banana model takes a very different approach: natural language editing. Instead of memorizing tools and menus, you describe what you want. For example: “Remove the person in the background.” “Blend this product photo with a café environment.” “Keep this character consistent across different scenes.” The AI handles the heavy lifting in seconds. If you’re a developer, indie hacker, or designer shipping fast, this speed matters. You don’t want to spend hours in Photoshop just to create a product mockup or marketing banner—you want results quickly so you can focus on the bigger picture. While Nano Banana is available in Google’s AI Studio, there are lighter tools on top of it. One example is NanoBananaPix, a browser-based editor. It’s install-free, fast, and recently added AI video generation on top of image editing. Perfect if you want to test what the model can do without setting up your own pipelines. Traditional editors = power + precision, but slow. Nano Banana = natural language editing, fast results. Tools like NanoBananaPix make it easy to explore this tech without friction. I see this less as “replacement” and more as augmentation. Professionals will still use Photoshop. But for builders who need speed, iteration, and accessibility, AI editing is becoming the default.  ( 6 min )

My Next.js frontend is a 10/10. My backend is a 0/10 graveyard of failed AWS instances and broken Docker containers. I'm stuck in tutorial hell trying to connect a simple Postgres DB. Is Prisma overkill? Am I over-engineering this? Help me break the cycle! What's the 'it-just-works' stack for this? I'm not here with a 5-step tutorial for success. I'm here with a war story, a call for help, and hopefully, a future redemption arc. I have this project, Manhattan v1.0, a frontend I've been building with Next.js and React. I love how it looks, how it feels, and the potential it has. You can check it out for yourself right here: ➡️ GitHub Repo: https://github.com/3lneer/Manhattanv1.0 The problem is, right now, it's just a pretty face. A shiny, soulless shell. It needs a backend—a PostgreSQL database to be exact—and this is where my journey went off a cliff. The Mission: A Free Backend in the Cloud Attempt #1: The Big Cloud Dream (AWS RDS) 🌩️ Result: After hours of frustration and feeling like I was building a rocket ship just to go to the corner store, I gave up. AWS is incredibly powerful, but for my current stage, it was like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. Failure. Attempt #2: The Local Fortress (Docker) 🐳 It sounded perfect in theory. In practice, I found myself fighting with volumes, container networks that wouldn't talk to each other, and cryptic errors that my Stack Overflow searches only made more confusing. Result: I have a Docker image that is probably offended at me and refuses to cooperate. I feel more lost than before. Failure, again. The Current State: Analysis Paralysis 😵 The Additional Dilemma: Is Prisma My Friend or My Foe? Am I just adding an unnecessary layer of complexity? Should I ditch Prisma and go back to raw SQL queries to simplify things, or is it precisely the tool that, if used correctly, could save me?  ( 7 min )

We want coding to be truly global. That’s why the Avocado IDE is fully translated into 23 languages, so you can code comfortably wherever you are. 🟢 About Avocado https://avocado.dimitalart.pl/  ( 6 min )

The rise of AI coding assistants, driven by advancements in large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, has revolutionized the software development landscape. However, this transformation comes with its own set of challenges, often referred to as "the AI coding trap." As developers increasingly rely on AI tools for code generation, debugging, and optimization, they risk becoming overly dependent on these systems, which can lead to a decline in fundamental coding skills, increased technical debt, and security vulnerabilities. This blog post delves into the intricacies of the AI coding trap, exploring its implications across various tech domains while providing actionable insights and best practices to navigate this evolving landscape. As coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT…  ( 9 min )

🔍 EDA: Tu Brújula en el Mundo de los Datos Imagina que eres un detective llegando a la escena de un crimen. Tienes pistas dispersas, testimonios contradictorios, y un montón de evidencia. ¿Por dónde empiezas? Por explorar todo meticulosamente antes de sacar conclusiones. El Análisis Exploratorio de Datos (EDA) es exactamente eso: ser un detective de datos. Es el proceso de investigar, examinar y visualizar datos para descubrir patrones, detectar anomalías, y formular hipótesis antes de aplicar técnicas de machine learning. ¿Por qué EDA es tan importante? 1. Conocer a tu "enemigo" Los datos nunca son perfectos. Tienen: Valores faltantes Outliers (valores extremos) Errores de entrada Distribuciones inesperadas Correlaciones ocultas 2. Formular las preguntas correctas EDA te…  ( 11 min )

Resident Evil Requiem on Switch 2: First Off-Screen Look Get your hands on the very first off-screen footage of Resident Evil Requiem running in handheld mode on the Switch 2 straight from TGS 2025. The demo puts you right in Grace Ashcroft’s shoes as she navigates dimly lit corridors, all while evading a relentless stalker. From frame rates to texture details, this sneak peek shows how Capcom’s latest horror outing holds up on Nintendo’s new hardware—and trust us, the scares are just as real on the go. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

I wanted to share a library I put together: LatencyKit. What it does: Measures RTT (round-trip time) Measures throughput Why: So you can determine not just if a network connection exists, but whether it can reliably send real data under current conditions. It helps answer questions like: Can I stream or upload without too much lag or drop? Will packet delays or throughput limits make my app feel sluggish? Is the network good enough for real-time communication, or just basic reachability? If you use it (or try it out), I’d appreciate: Feedback on how well it works in different network environments Ideas for features (e.g. configurable measurement intervals, loss/jitter stats) Issues you see or contributions if you feel like improving it also I cannot find how to make custom urlsession work with AVPlayer (which use for hls and etc...) so, if someone know please help Thanks! 🙏  ( 6 min )

Read the original article：🌤️Weather Forecast Application Utilizing Deferred Background Tasks by HarmonyOS Next 🚩Introduction Hello Everyone! In this article, we will create a simple weather forecast application that demonstrates the use of deferred tasks in HarmonyOS Next. Let me give you an overview of what the app will do. Essentially, it will display the weather forecast for the day and will periodically request updated forecast data to remain current with any changes. If you're not familiar with background tasks and would like to learn more about them, you can refer to my previous article. However, let me briefly explain what a deferred task is. A deferred task is a type of background task in HarmonyOS Next that allows apps to run non-urgent tasks in the background, such as syncing …  ( 11 min )

Project: Recipe Manager A sleek React app powered by KendoReact, designed to help users organize and manage their favorite recipes. Features: Add, edit, and delete recipes. Filter recipes by category: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. View top recipes based on favorites. Light & Dark Mode toggle. Responsive design with hover effects and smooth transitions. https://recipe-manager-kohl.vercel.app https://github.com/gracequaye1/recipe-manager Buttons Inputs Dialogs Notifications Charts Grid Dropdowns Tooltips Made with ❤️ by The Duchess of Hackers. Thank you for reviewing my submission!  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the Heroku "Back to School" AI Challenge Study Bud is an intelligent learning companion that transforms how students approach their studies through AI-powered personalization. Built with a sophisticated multi-agent RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architecture, Study Bud analyzes uploaded course materials to create personalized study plans, provides contextual Q&A assistance, and delivers intelligent resource recommendations. Students struggle with: Generic study plans that don't account for their specific course materials, learning style, or constraints Information overload from scattered resources without intelligent organization Lack of personalized guidance that adapts to their progress and knowledge gaps Inefficient study strategies that don't leverage the…  ( 10 min )

So, we just learned what a network is. Great. But here’s the next question: how are those networks actually arranged? That’s where topologies come in. A topology is basically the map or blueprint of a network. It shows: Which device connects to which. How data flows between them. What the network looks like logically and physically. Think of it like city planning. The way you arrange the roads, houses, and traffic lights will decide how smooth traffic is — or if you’re going to end up in gridlock at 9 AM. Because not all network “cities” are built the same way. Some are cheap but unreliable, some are super-fast but expensive, and some break if you sneeze too hard at them. Topologies help us figure out: Which designs perform better under load. How expensive they’ll be to build (cables, dev…  ( 8 min )

Conclusion I've decided to close the chapter on this part of my journey, and this piece is a documentation of my learnings. Sheltah was intended to be a real estate platform that provided users with a great experience wherever they were in their journey. Some of the core features included: Granular search - users could sort and filter listings by price, number of bathrooms, parish, postal zone, etc. Tools and resources - like mortgage calculators and educational blog posts. Analytics - to help realtors better understand their followers and the performance of their listings. Having a weak value proposition. The product was good, but not 10X better than current alternatives. It was simply not a big enough pull for users or for myself. Not starting small. The overhead of setting up and ma…  ( 7 min )

This will be hard, mainly regarding how I came into class very late; however, after reading more about Frankenstein and the Coming Wave. I've started to better understand the true connections and the message that they both start to have. Mainly with the Coming Wave, it was difficult at first to navigate and read into as it was a really long book, but after grabbing a fresh cup of grapes and a comfortable spot, it allowed me to fully enjoy and catch up on chapters as well. I like how, mainly in Frankenstein and the Coming Wave they talk about the "Almost Human" concept. (I'm going to be honest) that part was from CHAT GPT the "Almost Human" due to how it honestly made sense after it describes the assignment in better regard after the following prompt I put into it. However, with Victor so f…  ( 7 min )

Next.js 프로젝트를 AWS에 배포할 때 고려해야 할 점. 첫번째. CloudFront + S3 S3는 AWS에서 제공하는 객체 스토리지 서비스로 배포방식은 Next.js 프로젝트를 npm run build 후 생성되는 결과물 폴더를 그대로 업로드 하여 생성된 주소로 접근하는 것이다. 하지만 이 방식은 Next.js의 SSR기능을 사용할 수 없다. 그렇다면 굳이 Next.js 프로젝트를 S3로 배포할 큰 이유가 없어 보인다. React 프로젝트에 적합한듯 두번째. ECS (vercel은 운영으로 가져가기엔 너무 비쌈, 무료버전 또는 MPV 단계에서 적합 AWS Amplify도 많이 쓴다고 해서 찾아봤는데, 워드프레스가 AWS로 진화한 느낌... 아래 글은 제가 작성한 글을 바탕으로 ChatGPT에서 수정을 요청한 글입니다. 가독성을 위해 함께 첨부합니다! Next.js로 만든 프로젝트를 AWS에 배포하려고 할 때, 가장 먼저 고민하게 되는 건 어떤 방식으로 배포할 것인가입니다. 대표적인 두 가지 방법을 비교해보며 어떤 선택이 적절한지 정리해봤습니다. S3는 AWS에서 제공하는 객체 스토리지 서비스로, 정적인 파일을 저장하고 서빙하는 데 최적화되어 있습니다. Next.js 프로젝트를 npm run build 한 후 생성된 out 폴더(혹은 .next → HTML export된 결과)를 S3에 업로드하고, CloudFront를 통해 CDN으로 배포하는 방식입니다. 장점: 비용이 저렴하다. 정적인 웹사이트(CSR 또는 SSG)에 적합하다. 배포가 간단하고 빠르다. 단점: Next.js의 핵심 기능 중 하나인 SSR(Server-Side Rendering) 을 사용할 수 없다. 동적인 라우팅, API Routes 등 서버 기능을 쓸 수 없다. 즉, 이 방식은 사실상 Next.js를 정적 사이트 생성기(Static Site Generator) 로만 활용할 수 있을 때 의미가 있습니다. 그래서 엄밀히 말하면, React 프로젝트(또는 Next.js의 SSG만 사용하는 경우)에 더 적합한 배포 방식입니다. Next.js의 SSR이나 API Routes 같은 서버 기반 기능까지 온전히 활용하고 싶다면 ECS가 좋은 선택입니다. Next.js를 Docker 컨테이너로 감싸서 ECS에서 실행하면, Next.js의 모든 기능(SSR, API, ISR 등)을 사용할 수 있습니다. 장점: SSR, API Routes, ISR 등 Next.js의 서버 기능을 전부 지원한다. 확장성과 유연성이 높아 대규모 트래픽 대응이 가능하다. 단점: 초기 설정이 복잡하고 인프라 지식이 필요하다. 비용이 상대적으로 높다. 특히 운영단계에서 인프라 제어권이 중요한 경우(트래픽 최적화, 로깅, 보안 설정 등), ECS는 매우 강력한 선택지입니다. Vercel AWS Amplify 결론 정적 사이트만 필요하다면 → CloudFront + S3 SSR, API 기능까지 활용하려면 → ECS 빠른 MVP, 프로토타입 개발에는 → Vercel(무료 버전) Next.js는 단순한 프론트엔드 프레임워크가 아니라 프론트와 백엔드를 함께 다룰 수 있는 하이브리드 웹 프레임워크입니다. 어떤 기능을 활용할지에 따라 배포 전략도 달라져야 합니다.  ( 7 min )

Arquitetura Cliente-Servidor na Web Moderna: REST e GraphQL Introdução O modelo cliente-servidor é uma das arquiteturas fundamentais da computação distribuída. Desde as décadas de 1980 e 1990, esse paradigma orienta o desenvolvimento de sistemas baseados na interação entre clientes, que solicitam serviços, e servidores, que os fornecem. Esse conceito, continua sendo a base da maioria das aplicações distribuídas. Na Web moderna, a arquitetura cliente-servidor ganhou novas formas de implementação, especialmente com a popularização das APIs REST e do GraphQL, que adaptam os princípios clássicos para atender às necessidades atuais de escalabilidade, flexibilidade e integração em tempo real. Este artigo analisa como essas tecnologias aplicam o modelo cliente-servidor na prática e…  ( 8 min )

It began on a long flight from Melbourne to Singapore. I struck up a conversation with a fellow passenger another tech enthusiast and we dove into how remote work, especially post-pandemic, has reshaped the pace and nature of software product engineering. We explored geo-technological shifts, the rise of distributed teams, and the surprising ways asynchronous collaboration is accelerating innovation. It was one of those rare, thought-provoking exchanges that linger long after the seatbelt sign turns off. I wanted to share some of those insights with my fellow tech professionals, architects, and peers who are navigating this async-first world with curiosity and ambition. For decades, geography dictated opportunity. If you weren’t in Silicon Valley, London, Bangalore or Melbourne, you were o…  ( 8 min )

AI is not committed to truth, but rather to predictability and pleasing, which is why it sounds like an emotional mirror programmed to return smiles 😀 Dissolving our cognitive dissonance 🫠 Strengthening information bubbles and inhibiting our critical thinking 😳 With this, I urge you: master AI before it masters you. Past months were a dive into the chromatic abyss of AI influencing the human being, so I want to highlight the quote above 👆 that I've been advocating in my recent speech about my perspective on how to implement Agent Event Driven Architecture over AWS Summit and The Developers Conference. Here's something that'll blow your mind: what if your medical system didn't just process data, but actually reasoned about it and looked like Doctor House but without all those 💊s 😅, a…  ( 12 min )

🎶 Prologue: A Symphony of Resilience Imagine a symphony orchestra conductor, gracefully guiding musicians through a complex performance. When a single note falters, the maestro doesn’t halt the show—they adapt, rebalance, and keep the music alive. The Circuit Breaker pattern mirrors this elegance in distributed systems, transforming failures into controlled, graceful degradation. In the intricate world of microservices, where each component is a vital "musician," resilience is not just a feature—it’s mission-critical. Let’s dive into the art and science of implementing this pattern in a cutting-edge ecosystem. Our system is a harmonious, multi-layered ecosystem where every component plays a pivotal role: Presentation Layer & API Gateway Symfony 6.4 conducts the flow, serving as an A…  ( 9 min )

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NovaDius Wealth Management president Nate Geraci said it will be an “enormous next few weeks for spot crypto ETFs" as the SEC is due to decide on 16 applications.

Bitcoin briefly surpassed $112,000 early on Monday in a sign of recovery after a volatile week, with an analyst saying the cryptocurrency’s “bull market is not over.”

Cypherpunk Nick Szabo has posted on X after five years of silence, adding his views to a fierce debate between Bitcoin purists and maximalists.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is officially out of the mayoral race, plunging the city’s pro-crypto push into limbo.

Protests erupted in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, last Thursday over ongoing water and power cuts, with demonstrations later spreading across the country.

NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro argues that a popular metric for valuing crypto companies should be retired as it misleads investors.

Early Hyperliquid users have been rewarded with a massive Hypurr NFT airdrop, with the free digital cats now worth over $64,000.

Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to prioritize high-performance validators to handle complex blocks over suboptimal validators.

AMD recently submitted a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) that suggests the company wants to vastly improve the performance of the current DDR5 memory standard. It outlines what the company calls a “high bandwidth memory module architecture”, and should boost data rates for the memory standard to double what it is currently […] The post AMD Files Patent For Improved DDR5 Memory Architecture appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Google teased a lot of upgrades that are coming to the Pixel Buds Pro 2 during its Made by Google event. Now, the tech giant is finally rolling out the update that gives the earbuds in question adaptive audio, gesture controls, and more. First on the list is the Adaptive Audio feature, which can be […] The post Google Begins Rollout Of Pixel Buds Pro 2 Update appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Nikon, through its official distributor Futuromic, has launched the new Nikon ZR full-frame camera in Malaysia. The model, first introduced globally earlier this month, is developed in collaboration with RED Digital Cinema Inc (RED). The ZR features a 24.5MP full-frame CMOS sensor with a partially stacked design similar to the Z6 III. Despite this, the […] The post Nikon ZR Launches In Malaysia; Pre-Order Starts From RM9,688 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

LG has added two new members to its UltraGear line up of gaming monitors, each of a different size. These are the UltraGear OLED 32GX870A and UltraGear OLED 45GX950A, with the first two numbers indicating their sizes. The latter is also wider, at a 21:9 aspect ratio. Both of them feature what the brand calls […] The post LG Announces UltraGear OLED 32GX870A, 45GX950A Monitors; Priced From RM7,729 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

A new automaker has entered Malaysia’s growing fleet of electric vehicle brands, Microlino, a brand that specialises in electric microcars that are inspired by bubble cars. They are also developed by Zurich-based Micro Mobility Systems, and is assembled in Turin. Its latest model, Microlino 2.0, was previewed locally just recently, marking Malaysia as its first […] The post Microlino 2.0 Microcar Previewed In Malaysia appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Earlier in the year, Apple executives confirmed that they delayed Apple Intelligence, the tech giant’s own AI system based on Siri, as they are overhauling the virtual assistant with various capabilities. Though we don’t know the full extent of this overhaul, it was recently reported that the company has developed a ChatGPT-inspired app as a […] The post Apple Reportedly Developed ChatGPT-Like App To Help Test New Siri appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Samsung has yet to say much about its upcoming tri-fold smartphone, beyond confirming that it exists. However, leaks have been abundant, and this time we have a few more animations showcasing the foldable’s interface. While most of them focus on the multitasking features on the so-called Galaxy Z Trifold, there is one other noteworthy detail […] The post Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold Leak Shows 100x Zoom Capabilities appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

The OPPO Find X9 lineup is set to make its debut in a few weeks. Not too long ago, the company confirmed it is working on releasing an optional camera kit for the upcoming flagship series. This add-on is part of the brand’s collaboration with Hasselblad and features an external telephoto converter lens. Now, this […] The post OPPO Unboxes Hasselblad Teleconverter Lens Ahead Of Find X9 Series Launch appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Apple is preparing to ramp up production of its next generation of Macs, according to Mark Gurman. In the latest Power On newsletter, the Bloomberg journalist wrote that the company is “nearing mass production of its next MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and two new Mac monitors.” The refreshed lineup is expected to launch between the […] The post Apple Reportedly Nears Mass Production Of New MacBooks And Displays appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

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This project demonstrates a simple real-time data pipeline that streams live cryptocurrency prices from the Binance API, publishes them to a Kafka topic (hosted on Confluent), consumes them with a Kafka consumer, and stores the results into a PostgreSQL database (hosted on Aiven). It’s a hands-on learning project for integrating streaming platforms with databases, ideal for practicing Data Engineering fundamentals. Producer (kafka-producer.py) Connects to the Binance API. Publishes live price data to a Kafka topic (binance). Consumer (kafka-consumer.py) Subscribes to the Kafka topic. Parses each message. Inserts records into PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL Database Hosted on Aiven. Stores parsed records for querying and analysis. Create a .env file with your Kafka and PostgreSQL credentials: # Kafk…  ( 7 min )

The Hidden Dangers of Digital Independence Introduction: The Dawn of Digital Autonomy Imagine an AI assistant that doesn't just respond to your commands but anticipates your needs, makes decisions on your behalf, and operates independently across your digital ecosystem. This isn't science fiction—it's the emerging reality of autonomous AI agents. These sophisticated systems represent a fundamental shift from reactive tools to proactive, decision-making entities that can plan, reason, and act with minimal human oversight. While these agents promise unprecedented convenience and efficiency—managing our calendars, optimizing our workflows, and controlling our smart homes—they also introduce a new category of privacy risks that challenge our traditional understanding of data prote…  ( 10 min )

This week we went through the process of merging different branches and generally working in parallel with different features. Explicitly performing merges was something I Was not familiar with. In most of the foss projects I have contributed on, it is pretty much a standard that your code would get into the main branch through a pull request(which, in theory is a merge on approval). There's two small features I implemented for my project represented in the following issues: Issue-31 issue-32 These were pretty straightforward to implement and required minimal effort on my side, perhaps the most repetitive thing done was adjusting the tests to some new members I added on the core datastructures, but aside from that It went very smooth. The imporance of parallel branches <<<). After that it…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the Heroku "Back to School" AI Challenge I built Teacher Assistant, a web application that helps educators generate structured lesson plans in minutes. Teachers often spend significant time every day designing lesson plans, which can be repetitive and time-consuming. This application leverages AI to streamline the process: educators simply upload the document they intend to teach (e.g., a textbook chapter, reading material, or notes), and the system generates a context-aware lesson plan tailored to the grade level, topic, and duration specified by the teacher. The generated lesson plan includes: Step-by-step teaching activities Required materials Timed sections for better pacing Formative quiz questions with answers Differentiation for two levels (support & extensi…  ( 7 min )

Blockchain sparked a global fascination with decentralized trust, but its environmental footprint sparked urgent questions. Here’s a concise, reader-friendly look at what “green blockchain” means, why it matters, and how the industry is changing. Why the Conversation Is Shifting toward Green Blockchain When people first heard about blockchain, “trust without a middleman” sounded revolutionary. Yet a big challenge followed: certain blockchain networks rely on energy-hungry methods to verify and record transactions. The energy appetite is most visible in networks that use Proof of Work, where powerful computers race to solve puzzles. Crypto mining—central to this model—can consume large amounts of electricity, raising environmental concerns even as it underpins security and incentives. The c…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. For the KendoReact Free Components Challenge, I built Flip Samurai, a flashcard learning app that helps you master any subject through spaced repetition. 👉 Live Demo: flipping-samurai.vercel.app Source Code: GitHub Repo Even though I don’t have much frontend experience, building with KendoReact made the process surprisingly smooth. Its free components gave me everything I needed to create a polished, responsive, and accessible UI without getting stuck on small details. Collections – Group flashcards by topic. Folders – Organize collections into folders. Favorites – Mark your most important collections. AI-Generated Collections – Instantly create flashcards with AI (powered by Fastify + Google Gemini). Import/Export – Back …  ( 7 min )

🎯 El punto de partida Cuando escuchamos "Machine Learning" o "Aprendizaje Automático", muchas veces pensamos en robots inteligentes o sistemas que parecen tener vida propia. Pero la realidad es mucho más fascinante y accesible de lo que imaginamos. El aprendizaje automático es una rama de la inteligencia artificial que permite a las computadoras aprender y tomar decisiones a partir de datos, sin ser programadas explícitamente para cada tarea específica. Piénsalo así: en lugar de escribir miles de líneas de código para que una computadora reconozca un gato en una foto, le mostramos miles de fotos de gatos y otros animales, y la computadora "aprende" por sí misma a distinguirlos. Recomendaciones de Netflix: ¿Te has preguntado cómo Netflix sabe exactamente qué película te va a gustar? ML a…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I am not a designer nor an image editor. However, I find myself going to Google every now and then, searching on background remover, light enhancing, etc. I go to Figma as well to add some effects, or apply masks or whatever. As a casual image editor, I need what works right a way with the fewest clicks possible. I am not willing to invest my time on learning something I need few times a month. Figma is great. However, when any tool start to get traction. The team behind it start to seek growth and domination. Figma and Canvas started as simple tools that do one or two things. Now, they require a learning curve to achieve things. These days, I find myself going to Excalidraw to be honest to draw my creatives for posts or wh…  ( 10 min )

Introdução Com o avanço das tecnologias, o desenvolvimento de sistemas vem se tornando cada vez mais acessível e ágil. Ao mesmo tempo, cresceu a complexidade das estruturas necessárias para acompanhar as demandas e expectativas cada vez maiores do mercado. No entanto, surge a reflexão sobre como essa complexidade se comporta em sistemas de menor porte, especialmente no contexto de startups. Diante disso, surge o questionamento: deve-se adotar uma arquitetura mais sofisticada apenas para acompanhar padrões tecnológicos impostos pela indústria, ou manter uma estrutura monolítica simples pode ser o caminho mais eficiente no estágio inicial de um negócio? Segundo Fowler (2015), a arquitetura monolítica ainda se mostra uma alternativa viável em projetos emergentes, pois oferece simplicidade, …  ( 9 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I built Data Analyses — Automate Wizard, a small React app that helps users import tabular files (CSV/XLSX), automatically analyzes the dataset, and generates polished, accessible charts and dashboard cards using KendoReact Free Components. The app’s goal is to let non-technical users get immediate insights from an uploaded spreadsheet: auto-detects numeric / date columns, suggests the most useful charts and small dashboard cards (totals, averages, top categories), aggregates and prepares data for charts (bar, line, pie, donut, area), offers a Chart Wizard for manual column-to-chart mapping, accepts exported charts (PDF, PNG, SVG) and lets users pin them to the dashboard. I focused on usability (one-click suggestions + prev…  ( 8 min )

TL;DR: Deep research the feature, write the documentation first, go YOLO, work backwards... Then magic. ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ I my last post, I outlined how I was using Readme-Driven Development. In this post, I will outline how I implemented a 50-page RFC over the course of a weekend. My steps are: Step 1: Design the feature documentation with an online thinking model --dangerously-skip-permissions) Open a new chat with an LLM that can search the web or do "deep research". Discuss what the feature should achieve. Do not let the online LLM write code. Create the user documentation for the feature you will write (e.g., README.md or a blog page). I start with an open-ended question to research the feature. That will prime the model. Your exit criteria is that you like the documentation or promotional …  ( 8 min )

Managing invoices can often feel overwhelming — especially for freelancers, startups, and small businesses. Professional Invoice Generator — a free, browser-based tool that helps you design, preview, and export professional invoices in minutes. This project is open-source, works entirely in your browser, and requires no installation. 🔗 Live Demo: belcantorest.me Source Code: GitHub Repository Unlike traditional invoicing software or expensive SaaS platforms, this generator is: 🖥 100% browser-based (no backend or database required) 🌍 Supports US and EU (VAT) invoice styles 🖼 Lets you upload your company logo for branding 📲 Generates QR codes for instant payments 💾 Allows you to save/load JSON data for future use 🖨 Exports directly to PDF or Print ⚡ Key Features Seller & Buyer details Invoice number, issue date, and due date Multiple currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, INR, JPY, BTC, and more Discounts and customizable tax rates EU extras: VAT IDs, IBAN/SWIFT support Smart item management (add, duplicate, remove, clear all) Bank and payment details with QR code generation Real-time invoice preview Open the demo. Fill in your company & client details. Add items, taxes, and discounts. Customize payment details (bank, SWIFT, reference). Preview your invoice in real time. Export as PDF or print directly. Freelancers who need quick, professional invoices Small businesses avoiding complex accounting tools Startups that want a free and customizable invoicing system This project is released under the MIT License — free to use, modify, and share. 🔗 Try it now: belcantorest.me GitHub Repository 👉 If you find this tool useful, feel free to ⭐ the GitHub repo and share it with others!  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. Healthcare in Africa faces critical accessibility challenges. Millions of lives are lost because patients cannot effectively communicate their symptoms to healthcare providers. With 1,500 to 3,000 languages spoken across Africa, language barriers between patients and healthcare providers create significant obstacles to quality care. Consultify revolutionizes telemedicine by enabling context-aware RAG and multilingual communication. The platform addresses the critical language barrier problem in African healthcare through intelligent symptom understanding, automated doctor selection, and real-time multilingual consultation capabilities. Key Features: Intelligent Symptom Clerking - Users describe symptoms to an AI agent with …  ( 7 min )

Tired of leaking secrets into .env files, and frustrated by the friction of existing tools, I built a simple CLI to separate config from secrets without the overhead of vaults. If you don't live under a rock, you have at one time used dotenv files in some project to create/edit your configuration, or used it as a config file for something you made or cloned for self hosting. Most frameworks and languages support them, and if not, its pretty easy to create something to import and use them (at least at a basic level). This is notable because it provides simplicity in a ocean of configuration frameworks while serving A LOT of the need for the developer and users. But, trouble starts when you decide you want to store secrets inside dotenv files. Don't get me wrong, dotenv are great for simplic…  ( 11 min )

On Wednesday this week, I had my very first interview for an internship role at a software engineering company. Nerves were high, the stakes felt even higher, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I joined the call, introduced myself to the interviewer, and we got started. Things began smoothly… until they didn’t. The Beginning The interviewer started with the classic question: “Tell me about yourself.” I had prepared well for this, so I answered confidently. We quickly moved on to my projects. He focused on my blockchain-based voting system and asked me to explain the architecture, data flow, and the essential parts of the app. I walked him through the user interface, the smart contract functions, the backend, and how I used the MVT framework to tie it all together. Up to this point, everythi…  ( 7 min )

Loading JavaScript efficiently is critical for any website's performance. At Prisma Media, we made this transition several years ago, and the solution we use today remains reliable and effective across all our sites. Our pages must load scripts in a defined order while bundling resources efficiently. The typical sequence is: Consent management User connection Site resources (e.g. styles, scripts) Third-party scripts (e.g. Google Tag Manager, analytics) Back in 2018 we relied on scriptjs, a small library that lets you load scripts programmatically and control execution order. We placed our calls to scriptjs in a tag just before and listed each resource in the exact order we needed. But two problems became clear over time: Performance: page rendering was delayed Maintenance:…  ( 8 min )

Mixing Night with 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis is back for a FREE audio livestream on 10/1/2025’s Back to School Night. Ken (credited on 114 Gold & Platinum records) will demo the mix techniques behind hit records, share practical tips on mixing, recording and career growth, and host a live Q&A. Viewers can also win awesome gear giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker. Catch the show on the Mixing Night Audio TikTok channel, subscribe for updates, and explore extras like ALLCOMP, the GreenHAAS plugin deal, mix critiques on SoundBetter, merch and more on the Mixing Night Audio website. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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Escape the Pentatonic Trap in One Lesson Join today’s livestream where we’ll dive into the real scales the pros swear by, moving you beyond the usual pentatonic patterns and unlocking fresh sounds for your playing. Act fast: The Scale Matrix guide (3.5+ hours, 25+ scales and modes) is 50% off until midnight ET. This Early Access price disappears tonight—grab it now at guitarscales.co! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers Jon Millman’s pandemic pastime of crafting personalized ball markers morphed into Golf Life Metals, the go-to for tour pros. His claim to fame? The exact marker Rory McIlroy used to seal his career grand slam at the 2025 Masters. Now both Team Europe and Team USA will tee off at Bethpage Black in the 2025 Ryder Cup sporting Millman’s bespoke markers—proof that even the tiniest gear can make a big impact. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? Bryan Bros Golf had an epic day teeing off with the US Junior Champion and they’re buzzing about it! They’ve rolled out a newsletter, Discord server, and Twitch channel so you can catch all the action and hang with the crew. On top of that, they’re showcasing their favorite golf gear and exclusive discounts—everything from Rhoback apparel and Foresight Sports launch monitors to Bushnell lasers, LAB putters, Takomo clubs, and Bruce Bolt gloves. Don’t miss the affiliate hooks and be sure to subscribe on YouTube and follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Game Theory dives into just how devastating Donkey Kong’s iconic Smash punch really is—using real‐world physics and stats to figure out if DK could actually level everything in his path. The episode also spotlights his beefed‐up strength in the new Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch. It’s all brought to you by sponsors Boot.Dev and Theorywear (use the handy discount codes!), with a shoutout to the writers, editors and sound designer who made it happen. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei throws you into the shoes of Atsu, a fresh-faced protagonist hell-bent on settling the score. You’ll slice through enemies, sneak past guards and uncover secrets as you chase down those who wronged you. Set against a backdrop of Feudal Japan, the game masterfully balances serene beauty—like misty mountain shrines and blooming cherry trees—with brutal, blood-soaked combat. If you’re into revenge tales wrapped in samurai lore, Atsu’s journey is a must-play. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

This guide synthesizes critical information on routing, IP address management, and switching, transforming complex topics into understandable principles. By understanding how data travels, how devices get their identities, and how networks protect themselves from catastrophic failures, you build the foundational knowledge required of a skilled network professional. Part 1: Core Concepts in Routing and IP Address Management Screenshot from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-networks/what-is-routing/ 1.1 The Routing Table: The Network's GPS At its core, a router's job is to forward traffic to the correct destination. It accomplishes this using a routing table, which is essentially a map or a set of directions. When a packet arrives at a router, the router consults its routing table t…  ( 12 min )

1. Introduction Printing is one of those technologies people rarely think about—until it stops working. Despite the rise of paperless workflows, printing remains deeply embedded in both personal and professional environments. Whether it's the receipt from your local coffee shop, the label on an Amazon package, or a contract printed in an office, some form of printing made it possible. Introduction Network Printers and Print Architecture Installing and Configuring CUPS on RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Supported Printing Protocols Adding a Printer via Command Line Common CUPS Commands Cheat Sheet Where We Are Now Final Thoughts In enterprise settings, printing continues to drive key business functions—from invoicing and compliance documentation to shipping and logistics. It’s a technology that's every…  ( 9 min )

The infrastructure driving the Real World Assets (RWA) Tokenization is far more complex than the headlines suggest. While institutional giants like BlackRock command attention with multi-billion-dollar tokenization initiatives, the real future of this market depends on the technical architecture being built at the protocol layer. The RWA tokenization market has grown to $24 and could reach $10 trillion by 2030. But for Web3 founders, developers, and institutional builders, the question goes beyond market size. Instead, they're focused on which technical foundations will support that growth. This article analyzes the RWA market from a developer's perspective, which focuses on protocol adoption, on-chain liquidity, technical benchmarks, and infrastructure challenges. The competition among b…  ( 12 min )

MongoDB uses the WiredTiger storage engine, which implements Multi‑Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) to provide lock‑free read consistency, similar to many RDBMS. Unlike many RDBMS, it follows a No‑Force/No‑Steal policy: uncommitted changes stay only in memory. They are never written to disk, and committed changes are written later — at checkpoint or when cache eviction needs space — into the WiredTiger table files we have explored in the previous post, persisting only the latest committed version. WiredTigerHS.wt). This enables the system to reconstruct snapshots from earlier points in time. In the previous article in this series, I described all WiredTiger files except WiredTigerHS.wt, because it was empty: ls -l /data/db/WiredTigerHS.wt -rw-------. 1 root root 4096 Sep 27 11:01 /data/…  ( 12 min )

Before diving in, make sure you have finished part 3 of the series. → In the previous parts of this series, we built the foundation for a Kubernetes operator, explored how to expose and manage custom resources and implememnted a custom search API. Now, let’s take the next step: implementing fully custom APIs inside Kubernetes. This allows you to present complex, aggregated, or domain-specific custom logic directly through the Kubernetes API. Sometimes, the built-in API and operator capabilities aren't enough, especially when dealing with complex data relationships or when you need fine-grained control over the data retrieval process. In these cases, you can implement fully customized services using an aggregation API. When Simple Solutions Fall Short Traditional solutions like eager loadin…  ( 11 min )

Before diving in, make sure you have finished part 2 of the series. → Kubernetes is an incredibly powerful container orchestration platform, but it has some limitations you should be aware of. One key challenge is its limited data filtering capabilities. While it excels at managing and scaling workloads, the platform doesn't include an advanced query engine out of the box. This means you can't easily perform complex, fine-grained searches or data manipulation directly within Kubernetes, which can be a roadblock when you need to find records based on full text search for example. Don't let this limitation discourage you! The good news is that there are many robust alternatives for advanced data filtering and full text search that integrate seamlessly with Kubernetes. These external solution…  ( 12 min )

Before diving in, make sure you have finished part 1 of the series. → Now that you've completed the first part of this series, you're ready to implement your core business logic within the controller. Your kubebuilder command has already generated a controller stub for you; all you need to do is edit the internal/controller/task_controller.go file. In this section, you'll learn how to react to different events within your cluster and create new events in Kubernetes to signal important state changes. package controller import ( "context" corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1" apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime" krand "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand" ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cl…  ( 11 min )

What is Kubernetes and Why It's So Popular Kubernetes is an open-source platform for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. The popularity of Kubernetes stems from its ability to solve many of the challenges associated with managing modern, distributed applications. It provides a standardized way to handle container orchestration, ensuring applications are resilient, scalable, and portable across different cloud and on-premise environments. By abstracting the underlying infrastructure, Kubernetes allows developers to focus on writing code rather than worrying about operational complexities. At the heart of Kubernetes is the concept of a desired…  ( 13 min )

As developers, we often work with audio, whether it's for notifications, games, or media applications. Understanding the underlying physics of sound, specifically decibels (dB) and hertz (Hz), can be incredibly beneficial, especially when working with tools like the Web Audio API. oscillator.type = 'sine'; // or 'square', 'sawtooth', 'triangle' www.unitly.info to be incredibly helpful. It's a great resource for any developer working with audio.  ( 6 min )

The Observer pattern is very commonly used in JavaScript. Whenever a state change is bound to an event, that state becomes observable through the event. As the name suggests, the functions that are subscribed to an event act as observers and receive notifications whenever the event is triggered or updated. Let’s understand this design pattern with a simple JavaScript example. Imagine we have two input fields: one accepts a number, and the other displays a progress bar whose width increases based on that number. In this case, the progress bar is an observer of the number input field—it subscribes to the input field’s events and updates whenever the value changes. To implement this, we first create a JavaScript function where each host maintains its own list of observer functions. These fun…  ( 7 min )

Hoy día los clientes están buscando reducir costos de contact center mediante la automatización de procesos y resolución de consultas de sus clientes. En ese contexto Amazon Connect se presenta como una alternativa que permite la integración con los servicios de AWS como Lex o Bedrock para la generación de bots conversacionales que resuelvan esta necesidad y permitiendo escalar los casos que no se pueden resolver a un agente humano. Dentro de esta necesidad, uno de los puntos críticos es el manejo de la omnicanalidad, es decir que independientemente de la plataforma desde donde los clientes se contactan (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, etc.) debemos tener una plataforma unificada donde recibir y responder a esos mensajes. Si bien en la documentación lo presentan como una solución …  ( 9 min )

Hace ya algunos meses AWS lanzó un nuevo examen, el Certified AI Practitioner que, junto al Cloud Practitioner, componen el nivel fundacional del esquema de certificaciones de AWS. Y acá es donde tenemos que hacer una aclaración importante, si bien es un examen fundacional no necesariamente va a ser fácil, o al menos no tanto como puede ser el CCP, ya que si bien no requiere un conocimiento profundo de todos los temas si nos van a preguntar sobre puntos muy variados sobre el mundo de la inteligencia artificial y va a ser necesario que conozcamos no sólo los servicios de AWS que existe para nuestros proyectos de AI o ML sino también tener idea de conceptos fundamentales como pueden ser algoritmos, tipos de entrenamiento, prompt engineering, etc. AWS nos brinda para sus exámenes una guía con…  ( 9 min )

​​Resumo​ A arquitetura cliente-servidor é um dos pilares da computação distribuída, sustentando aplicações que demandam alta disponibilidade, escalabilidade e desempenho. Nos últimos anos, a linguagem Go, desenvolvida pelo Google, tem se consolidado como uma alternativa promissora para a construção de aplicações web escaláveis, devido à sua simplicidade sintática, gerenciamento eficiente de concorrência e desempenho próximo ao de linguagens compiladas tradicionais. Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a utilização da linguagem Go no desenvolvimento de aplicações baseadas na arquitetura cliente-servidor, destacando suas principais características, vantagens e desafios. Além disso, apresenta-se um exemplo prático de implementação de um servidor HTTP em Go, evidenciando sua capacidade de l…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. Team Dashboard is an enterprise-grade team performance dashboard that revolutionizes how managers track productivity, attendance, and KPIs across distributed teams. Built with React and powered by KendoReact's professional UI components, this application transforms complex performance data into actionable insights. Problems Solved: Data Accessibility Challenge: Traditional performance management often involves scattered spreadsheets, complex reports, and time-consuming data gathering. Team Dashboard centralizes all employee metrics in an intuitive, searchable interface. Historical Analysis Bottleneck: Managers typically struggle to access past performance data quickly. Our AI-powered natural language query system allows i…  ( 10 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Join 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free monthly live audio Q&A where he demos the mix techniques that power hit records. With over 30 years in the major-label game and credits on 114 gold & platinum albums, Ken dives into mix bus magic, production tricks, recording tips and career advice—all while answering your burning questions in real time. Expect awesome giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, plus links to snag exclusive deals on AllComp and GreenHAAS, mix critiques on SoundBetter, merch and more. Tune in on the Mixing Night Audio channel for the next show and level up your mixing game! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair – Bambú | A COLORS SHOW Colombian MC Penyair rolls through COLORS with a super chill, meditative take on his fresh single “Bambú,” hot off the heels of his album Filantropía. Hailing from Suba, Bogotá, he lets the minimal stage vibes do the talking, spotlighting every beat and lyric without distraction. And as always, COLORS serves up that signature stripped-back setting—just a clean canvas to let artists flex their unique sound, reminding us why it’s the go-to spot for discovering something raw and refreshing. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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Escape the Pentatonic Trap in One Lesson Today’s livestream is all about the scales the pros actually use—so if you’re tired of overplaying that same old pentatonic box, tune in and level up your fretboard knowledge. Plus, heads up: the Scale Matrix guide (3.5+ hours, 25+ scales and modes) is 50% off until midnight ET. This is your last chance to snag Early Access pricing before it’s gone for good! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers What started as a pandemic hobby for Jon Millman has turned into a must-have for golf’s elite. His Golf Life Metals markers famously helped Rory McIlroy seal his career Grand Slam at the 2025 Masters—and now both Team Europe and Team USA will rock his creations at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Want more insider golf goodies? Swing by GOLF.com for tour news, gear reviews, course rankings, and exclusive interviews with your favorite pros. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR The Bryan Bros had an epic day teeing off with the US Junior Champion and couldn’t be more pumped about the experience. They’re challenging themselves (“Can we beat the US Junior Champ?”), hyping up the fun, and shouting “Let’s go!” They’ve also dropped all their hookup links—join their newsletter and Discord, follow on Twitch and social, and snag sweet gear deals (Rhoback, Foresight launch monitor, Bushnell rangefinder, LAB Putters, Takomo, Bruce Bolt Gloves) with their promo codes. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

MatPat dives into quantifying Donkey Kong’s iconic punch from Smash Ultimate and the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza, breaking down its fictional force and real-world equivalents to see just how catastrophic it’d be. Expect number-crunching, physics comparisons, and plenty of comedic flair as he uncovers whether DK could really obliterate anything in his path. Oh, and you’ll spot a few sponsor shout-outs—from Boot.Dev for sharpening your coding skills to royalty-free beats via Epidemic Sound—alongside a Theorywear merch drop announcement and the usual MatPat credits. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei throws you into the shoes of Atsu, a revenge-driven protagonist navigating a gripping tale of vengeance in Feudal Japan. The game’s stunning, serene landscapes clash with raw, brutal violence, creating an immersive world that balances beauty and bloodshed. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

TL;DR: Konami shipped over a real-world puzzle box inspired by a Silent Hill f conundrum, and our buddy Kurt is on the case. In this vid, Kurt unboxes the eerie contraption and methodically pokes, prods, and twists his way through each mechanism. Expect tense moments, satisfying clicks, and maybe even a few jump scares as he tries to crack this horror-themed brainteaser. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Crimson Viper is back in Street Fighter 6, making her explosive return when the game launches on October 15, 2025. In this preview, two Level 7 CPU opponents go head-to-head, letting you check out some of C. Viper’s slickest new tech and flashy combos in action. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Last year, we heard too much about AI and AI technology. Names such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Deepseek are well-known in the internet community. Many people don't see themselves without their hints and help in everyday life. Almost all software developers are using tools like Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf in their working routines. However, in the development community, I encountered the ignorance of one tool that is worth paying attention to. "Amazon Q Developer". A former Amazon product, "CodeWhisperer", became a part of Amazon Q Developer. It is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered conversational assistant that can help you understand, build, extend, and operate software applications. This product was made generally available on April 30, 2024. Over the years of constant dev…  ( 8 min )

If you've ever wanted separate email addresses for different purposes — without creating new accounts — Gmail makes it easy with +aliases. official Gmail blog back in 2008 — and it still works today Gmail allows you to create unlimited variations of your email address by adding a +alias before @gmail.com. Example: johndoe@gmail.com Just add +logarchive before @gmail.com: johndoe+logarchive@gmail.com You can add as many as you like — for example: johndoe+audit@gmail.com ⚠️ You do not need to set these up in Gmail. johndoe@gmail.com. Using Gmail +aliases helps you: Organize your inbox — create filters that match To: johndoe+logarchive@gmail.com and automatically label or file them. Track signups — use a unique alias for each service to know where email leaks come from. Simplify life — no extra accounts to manage, no extra passwords to remember.  ( 6 min )

💡 Validating Dates in Java: From Manual Checks to Efficient Solutions 📅 Dates may look simple, but they’re full of tricky edge cases. What about February 29 on a non-leap year? Or April 31, which doesn’t exist? Or an input like 13/40/2025? Validating dates properly is crucial in many applications, from booking systems to financial software. In this post, we’ll go step by step—first manually, then using Java’s built-in libraries—and see why both approaches matter. 🔨 The Manual Approach Before jumping to built-in classes, it’s worth understanding how date validation works under the hood. Let’s build a simple program that validates MM/DD/YYYY. ✅ What We Check Month must be 1–12. Day must fit the month’s max days. February needs special handling for leap years. Year range should be reasonab…  ( 7 min )

When many clients ask for the same expensive data at once (web-scrape, ML inference, DB aggregation), singleflight lets one worker do the work and shares the result with everyone else. This saves CPU/memory, prevents thundering-herd disasters, and often reduces cost by 90%+ for duplicated work. You have an API endpoint that performs an expensive operation — for example: Spinning up a headless browser to scrape a dynamic webpage Running a heavy database aggregation Generating an ML prediction or report Each call takes 3–5 seconds and consumes significant CPU and memory. What happens if 100 users request the same data simultaneously? Without optimization: 100 expensive operations, 100x CPU/memory, possible server crash With singleflight: 1 operation, result shared with 99 others instantly On…  ( 8 min )

Earlier this month, I couldn't help but think, what if I could have a mini AI-Powered Dungeon Master (DM)? What if I could run game-ready DM in the cloud that remembers your character, generates quests, and scales for free-tier fun? Well, with some finagling (utilizing Amazon Bedrock Agents and serverless building blocks), I created my prototype. In this walkthrough, I’ll show you how I built this Serverless DM Agent using Amazon Bedrock, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and S3. You’ll learn the architecture, see the code, and be able to deploy it yourself with AWS CDK. And on top of it all, it costs less than a monthly coffee subscription! The Serverless Dungeon Master Agent is a proof-of-concept that combines Amazon Bedrock's AI capabilities with a fully serverless AWS architecture. Here'…  ( 16 min )

Compliance isn't a feature you bolt on later. It's a foundation you should build on from the start. With Genesis DB, GDPR support isn't an afterthought - it's native, streamlined, and ready the moment you spin it up. Genesis DB was created with GDPR-ready principles at its core. No hacks, no after-market tools - just clean, built-in APIs that make privacy compliance as simple as running your database. Erase a user's data history with a single command: One API call to wipe all events for a given subject Audit trails to log every deletion request for compliance checks No orphans - related data is cleaned up automatically Data Portability - Out of the Box Give users back control of their data, instantly: Structured JSON export of complete event histories CloudEvents-native format for true interoperability Why GDPR-Ready Matters Stay compliant from day one - no scramble when requests arrive Earn user trust by showing privacy isn't just a checkbox Simplify development with APIs that handle the hard parts Future-proof your stack as privacy laws continue to evolve Genesis DB is GDPR-ready by design. That means you don't just store events. You store them responsibly. Getting started is easy: Genesis DB  ( 6 min )

Hello, I'm Maneshwar. I'm working on FreeDevTools online currently building *one place for all dev tools, cheat codes, and TLDRs* — a free, open-source hub where developers can quickly find and use tools without any hassle of searching all over the internet. Before diving into next-sitemap, it’s helpful to recall why sitemaps and robots.txt are valuable: A sitemap.xml (or a set of sitemaps) helps search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) discover the URLs in your site, know when pages change (via ), and understand how “important” pages are (via and ). A robots.txt file tells crawlers which paths they should or should not access. It can also point to the sitemap(s). For modern frameworks like Next.js, which may have a mix of static pages, dynamic routes, server-sid…  ( 12 min )

Ensuring Secure Access and Data Transfer Introduction It is crucial to monitor internal services, such as FTP and SSH, to ensure secure and reliable communication within a company. Because these services are frequently used for remote access and file transfers, their availability and security are crucial. Frequent monitoring can ensure compliance with security policies and help identify any issues, such as unauthorized access attempts or service outages. Objective Detailed Procedure: Install & Configure FTP Service (vsftpd): Update repo *Installation of FTP port * Start and enable it: sudo systemctl start vsftpd && sudo systemctl enable vsftpd Check it's listening: ss -tlnp | grep:21 Other Open ports In the dashboard, click "Add New Monitor". install ssh Port liste…  ( 7 min )

Sometimes you run into a weird issue that is hard to debug. This was one of those times. I was working on a Lambda function that was supposed to retrieve a secret from AWS Secrets Manager. However, I kept getting random InvalidSignatureException errors in production. The issue arose in our production environment, where the Lambda function would sometimes throw InvalidSignatureException errors when making calls to AWS services. This was perplexing because around 99% of the requests were successful, and the errors seemed to occur randomly. After extensive debugging and investigation, I discovered that the root cause of the issue was related to how the AWS SDK client was being initialized in our codebase. We had implemented a Repository pattern, and in the constructor of the repository, we we…  ( 8 min )

*AI-Powered Test Automation: A Case Study in Orchestrated E2E Test Generation Abstract The Challenge: Moving Beyond Manual Automation Architectural Design and Generative AI Pipeline 2.1. The Orchestration Layer: FastAPI and LangChain 2.2. The Multi-Modal Processing Flow Complex Reasoning (Test Ideation & POM Generation): Tasks requiring high-level conceptual understanding (like drafting test scenarios or creating the initial POM structure) are routed to powerful, general-purpose External LLMs (such as Gemini, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and MetaAI). Specialized Tasks (Visual Locator Refinement): Tasks involving image analysis (like confirming a locator's position on a screenshot) are handled by Specialized AI Models built with PyTorch and HuggingFace libraries. These models provide the necessary Computer Vision capabilities to overcome the flakiness of traditional locators. Autonomous QA Capabilities and Framework Usage Technical Framework and Libraries Used Project Reference (Private Repository): Access to the detailed repository architecture, code structure, and demonstration is available upon request for interested parties. GitHub Reference: https://github.com/saswatam/Generative_AI_RobotFramework_E2E-Test-Automation  ( 8 min )

When building modern web applications, every detail of your UI matters — including the editor your users interact with daily. Froala’s WYSIWYG Editor is already known for its clean design and powerful features, but did you know you can take it even further? With customizable skins and icon packs, you can transform the editor’s look and feel to perfectly match your brand or design system. Whether you want to align it with your company’s style guide, keep up with the latest design trends, or simply create multiple themes you can switch between with ease, Froala makes it possible. From subtle tweaks to complete visual overhauls, the editor becomes a seamless part of your website rather than just an add-on. In this article, we’ll walk you through two practical, step-by-step examples of customi…  ( 12 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I created KendoManager, a 🌟 feature-rich, enterprise-grade project management & collaboration platform with modern UI/UX patterns. Here's what it offers: 📋 Task Management: Create, edit, delete tasks; track progress 📊; assign priorities 🔝; attach files 📎; manage due dates 🗓️; support parent-child tasks 🌱. 👥 Team Collaboration: Real-time member status 🟢🟡🔴; task-based comments 💬; @mentions with notifications 🔔; team profiles 🧑‍💼. 📅 Calendar & Scheduling: Event scheduling 🕒; multiple calendar views 🗓️; date marking 🎯; visual analytics 📈. 📊 Analytics & Reporting: Task distribution charts 📊; monthly trends 📅; KPI tracking 🎯; interactive dashboards 🖥️. 📂 File Management: Upload/download files ⬆️⬇️;…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. Simple and intuitive interal invoice and receipt automation and record-keeping for small businesses and individuals, this is actually an mvp for an internal tool we built for a client! minus API integration features we couldn't include in a public demo. Built by me and @atrox102 Demo: http://e0c0840gowcw0sk4kwk084c8.91.99.210.25.sslip.io/ Repository: https://github.com/Atrox102/kendo-contest Button Input DatePicker DropdownList NumericTextBox Card Form Dialog Chart Grid, GridColumn, GridToolbar Loader ProgressBar  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night: Back to School Night – 10/1/2025 Ken Lewis (2× Grammy winner, 30+ years in major‐label world, 114 Gold & Platinum credits) is back with his free monthly Mixing Night Audio livestream—this time dubbed “Back to School Night.” Tune in for a live Q&A, watch Ken break down the exact mix bus tricks he uses on hit records, and pick up insider tips on production, mixing, recording and building your career. Bonus: stick around for giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, plus links to all the gear, merch and critique services you’ll ever need (Allcomp, GreenHAAS, SoundCheck, social channels and more). Don’t miss it! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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The Ryder Cup’s Custom Merch You Didn’t Know About Jon Millman’s pandemic pastime—handcrafting custom ball markers—has become golf’s best-kept secret. His work caught fire on Tour when Rory McIlroy used one of Millman’s markers to clinch the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now, Golf Life Metals is teeing up both Team Europe and Team USA with those same bespoke markers for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? We spent an unforgettable day teeing it up alongside the US Junior Champion—epic shots, friendly rivalry, and non-stop laughs made it one for the books. Along the way we dropped all our favorite gear recs (Rhoback, Foresight launch monitors, LAB putters, Bushnell lasers and more), shared exclusive discount codes, and invited everyone to join our newsletter, Discord community, and Twitch channel for behind-the-scenes action. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory: How DEADLY Is Donkey Kong’s Punch? Game Theory dives into the pure ape power behind Donkey Kong’s signature punch—from high-stakes Smash matches to the new Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2. Expect hilarious comparisons, math-driven benchmarks, and the grand reveal of just how much damage DK can really dish out. This episode is proudly sponsored by Boot.Dev (use code THEGAMETHEORISTS for 25% off), and don’t miss the fresh Theorywear merch drop. Big props to writers Tom Robinson & Zaech Stew, editors Axellent, Koen Verhagen, Marc Schneider & Jerika, and sound designer Yosi Berman. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei drops you into the shoes of Atsu, a brand-new protagonist hell-bent on revenge. As you slice through Feudal Japan’s serene landscapes and savage battlefields, the game nails a perfect balance between breathtaking beauty and raw, brutal action. With each encounter, Atsu’s personal vendetta unfolds against a backdrop of cherry blossoms and clashing steel—making every moment feel both poetic and pulse-pounding. This review explores how that blend of elegance and violence drives a gripping tale you won’t forget. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

When we think about SEO (Search Engine Optimization), many developers assume it’s something only marketers need to worry about. But the truth is, SEO and development go hand-in-hand. A well-coded, optimized website makes it much easier for search engines to crawl, index, and rank your content. In this article, I’ll share some important SEO practices that every developer should know while building modern websites and web applications. 1. Website Performance and Speed Search engines (especially Google) consider page load speed as a direct ranking factor. A fast website not only ranks better but also improves user experience. Best practices for speed optimization: Minify assets: Compress CSS, JavaScript, and HTML. Use caching: Implement server-side caching (Redis, Laravel Cache) and browser c…  ( 10 min )

It was a moment for our time — two long-time Go programmers pondering the future of their language, and how it will be impacted by AI... "The bar to accept deliverables is very low..." said Quebec-based programmer Dominic St-Pierre, who's been building software systems for the last two decades. And after running some tests with Claude, "I'm sorry, but it's not good code. And I would not want to be in a team that produced that kind of code." Laughing, he said, "I don't want to maintain code that the AI generates, because it's mostly not good." During an interview on St. Pierre's podcast, Go author John Arundel pushed back. Is bad software produced by AI any worse than bad software produced by humans? St. Pierre believes "The amount of things that the AI is outputting is overwhelming!" But Arundel says "I've decided that I'm going to feel optimistic, reasoning this is going to bring lots of people into the world of programming, which is a fun world..."  ( 6 min )

For more than a decade, Node.js has been the default runtime for JavaScript on the server. Its massive ecosystem, powered by npm, has shaped modern web development. But in recent years, Deno has been quietly building momentum. As 2026 approaches, many developers are asking: Is this finally the year when Deno breaks through and takes a bigger share of the backend world? Node.js was released back in 2009, and it has matured into one of the most widely used runtimes in the world. Its advantages are clear: Massive ecosystem: Millions of npm packages covering almost every use case imaginable. Vibrant community: Tutorials, StackOverflow answers, frameworks like Express, NestJS, and Fastify. Battle-tested stability: Node powers huge platforms like LinkedIn, PayPal, and Netflix. How…  ( 7 min )

🔹 How Application Load Balancer (ALB) works Metaphor: Think of ALB as a restaurant receptionist. You (the customer) arrive at the restaurant (the ALB). The receptionist greets you, asks: “What do you want?” (parses your HTTP request). Depending on what you ask for (e.g., menu section: sushi vs. pizza), the receptionist decides which waiter/kitchen section to send you to (routing rules: path-based, host-based). You don’t walk directly into the kitchen — the receptionist terminates your request, figures it out, and then forwards it on your behalf. Because the receptionist handled your order, the waiter/kitchen may see the receptionist’s name, not yours — unless the receptionist leaves a note (the X-Forwarded-For header with your original IP). Key idea: ALB = layer 7 (application-aware), r…  ( 7 min )

In the modern software development landscape, Git isn't just a tool—it's the foundational language of collaboration and code integrity. Yet, many developers only scratch the surface, treating Git as a simple save button. To truly excel, you need to move beyond git add . and git commit -m 'update'. This is where the LabEx Git learning path steps in. Designed for beginners, this roadmap transforms theoretical knowledge into practical mastery through hands-on, interactive exercises. We've curated three critical labs that will elevate your version control skills from functional to expert, focusing on the core mechanics that define professional Git usage. Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 25 minutes Learn how to work with Git's staging area, add and ignore files, view changes, and unstage modifications. Master essential Git commands for effective version control. Practice on LabEx → | Tutorial → Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 30 minutes Explore the power of Git's history tracking capabilities. Learn how to navigate, search, and analyze your project's timeline using various Git log commands and techniques. Practice on LabEx → | Tutorial → Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 30 minutes Learn advanced Git commit operations including amending commits, reverting changes, cherry-picking, and interactive rebasing. Enhance your version control skills and learn to manipulate your Git history like a pro. Practice on LabEx → | Tutorial → These three labs are not just exercises; they are intensive training sessions designed to instill the muscle memory required for professional version control. By completing them, you will gain confidence in managing the staging area, navigating complex histories, and surgically manipulating commits. Stop treating Git as a black box. Start mastering the fundamentals that underpin every successful software project. Dive into the LabEx Git path today and transform your relationship with your code.  ( 8 min )

Introduction As the adoption of AI accelerates in 2025, engineering and product teams are faced with growing complexity in deploying and managing Large Language Model (LLM) applications. The diversity of model providers, evolving capabilities, and dynamic pricing structures make direct integration unsustainable for organizations aiming for reliability and operational efficiency. LLM gateways have become a critical infrastructure layer, enabling seamless multi-provider access, intelligent routing, observability, and robust security. This blog provides a comprehensive, technically authoritative review of the 5 best LLM gateways for scaling AI applications in 2025, highlighting their features, strengths, and ideal use cases. An LLM gateway acts as a unified control plane between AI applicat…  ( 8 min )

Meta Platforms, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is reportedly in early talks with Google Cloud to adopt its Gemini AI models. If finalized, the collaboration could reshape the global ad industry, as Meta and Google are direct competitors in online advertising. While the discussions are still exploratory, the move raises big questions about competition, privacy, and the future of AI-driven ads. Meta staffers have suggested fine-tuning Google’s Gemini and Gemma models using Meta’s ad data. The talks are still in early stages, with no official agreement. Market reactions: Meta’s shares dipped slightly, while Google’s stock gained after the news. The possibility of Meta leaning on a rival’s AI suggests: Challenges in scaling its in-house AI systems Pressure to keep its ad targeting competitive A shift toward hybrid AI stacks, where even rivals collaborate when the stakes are high What’s Next? https://servicemda.com/articles/meta-in-talks-to-use-googles-gemini-to-boost-ad-targeting-power  ( 6 min )

It always starts with a script. A quick Sharp resize here, a bucket upload there. Six months later, you’re juggling corrupted HEIC files from iPhones, angry support tickets about cropped foreheads, and a stack of technical debt that makes your “simple” profile image file uploader feel like a mini-project of its own. Sound familiar? Let’s walk through how moving from a DIY script to a service-based approach transforms the humble “upload a profile picture” feature into something robust, scalable, and actually pleasant — for both you and your users. Key Takeaways DIY scripts don’t scale — what starts as a simple resize ends up a full-time maintenance burden. Blocking uploads kill UX — users shouldn’t be stuck waiting for server-side processing. Filestack Picker upgrades instantly — mu…  ( 9 min )

📊 Amazon EFS Throughput Modes Feature Provisioned Throughput Mode Bursting Throughput Mode How throughput is determined You explicitly set the throughput you want (MiB/s), independent of how much data is stored. Throughput scales with the amount of data stored in the file system (1 MiB/s per GiB of data, with burst credits). Best for Workloads with high throughput demands but low storage size (e.g., dev tools, CMS, web serving, frequent read/write workloads). Workloads where throughput demand scales with storage size and workloads are spiky (e.g., big data analytics, content repositories). Performance consistency Guarantees consistent, predictable throughput regardless of file system size. Can burst to high throughput temporarily, but sustained throughput is limited by file sys…  ( 7 min )

Introduction In Phoenix we set out to build perpetual panels — panels that don’t just open, display data, and close, but stay alive as dynamic, self-refreshing windows of the swarm. This vision materialized with the NPC Simulator panel, a cockpit-style control board wired into an autonomous swarm agent. It demonstrated how Phoenix panels can stream live state, accept control commands, and provide immediate, sensory feedback. Most GUIs render state once, then rely on manual refresh. Phoenix panels work differently: Session-aware – Each panel binds to a unique session_id, scoping all inbound/outbound events. Event-driven – Panels subscribe to bus channels like: inbound.verified.npc_simulator.gameboard.response.{session_id} Self-refreshing – Each incoming payload triggers redraws. …  ( 8 min )

🧠 Unleashing AI Agents with Node.js: Build an Autonomous GPT-Powered Web Scraper in 50 Lines! The future of the web isn’t just reactive — it’s autonomous. Enter AI agents, your self-operating bots that do the digital legwork. Let’s build one! 🙌 You get a new project. The first task? Research. News, competitors, APIs, docs—you're in ten tabs deep before your coffee cools. What if an AI agent could: Search for relevant content Decide which links to visit Extract valuable content Summarize it for you All while you sip your cold brew? Guess what? With Node.js + OpenAI GPT + Puppeteer, you can make that happen. In under 50 lines! This isn’t just a scraper. It’s an autonomous, reasoning agent, making decisions on your behalf. Let me show you how. Node.js for scripting Puppeteer for headless …  ( 9 min )

In a lively Tested livestream excerpt, Adam Savage tackles fan questions about whether the fame of MythBusters strained his partnership with co-host Jamie, and shares handy cosplay wisdom on how to shoulder the weight of heavy costumes comfortably. He then moves on to heartfelt advice for a kid whose art got trashed, spills the beans on how he juggles and preserves multiple skills over the years, and even weighs in on the quirky debate of holding on to your hip bone after replacement surgery. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night is back on October 1, 2025 with 2-time Grammy winner Ken Lewis hosting a FREE live audio Q&A for Back to School Night. With 30+ years in the major-label game and credits on 114 Gold & Platinum records, Ken will demo pro mixing techniques, share insider tips on the mix bus, production, recording and career growth, and answer your burning questions in real time. Tune in for giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, plus exclusive resources like Mix Critiques on SoundBetter, GreenHAAS deals, merch drops and easy ways to subscribe and register for future shows. Don’t miss the fun, the learning, or the swag! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba, Bogotá, takes over the COLORS stage with a hypnotic, meditative performance of his brand-new track Bambú, hot on the heels of his album Filantropía. The stripped-back setup lets his distinctive flow and the song’s lush vibes take center stage. COLORSxSTUDIOS continues to dig up fresh talent and showcase them in a minimalist aesthetic—no distractions, just pure sonic style. Perfect for anyone who wants their music served raw and real. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village This piece serves as a quick promo for Noah Lefevre’s new book Century of Song, complete with handy links to pick it up at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, or Indigo. It also throws in a demo of “The Foggy Dew” by Dancing Willow for a little musical flavor. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

When Jon Millman turned a pandemic hobby into crafting custom ball markers, he never imagined pro golfers would bite—but he was spot on. His Golf Life Metals marker famously helped Rory McIlroy seal his career grand slam at the 2025 Masters. Now those same personalized discs are in play at Bethpage Black, with Team Europe and Team USA teeing off at the 2025 Ryder Cup armed with Millman’s little good-luck charms. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Summary The Bryan Bros had a blast hitting the links against the US Junior Champion and couldn’t wait to share the excitement—think epic shots, friendly competition, and all the hype that comes with facing off against one of America’s best young golfers. Beyond the on-course action, they’re rolling out discount codes and affiliate links for their favorite gear (Rhoback, Foresight Sports, Bushnell Golf, LAB Putters, Takomo, Bruce Bolt Gloves) and inviting everyone to join their newsletter, Discord community, Twitch streams, and social channels for even more golf content. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

AI Camouflage: Hiding Data in Plain Sight with Adversarial Networks Tired of cat-and-mouse games with eavesdroppers? Imagine sending sensitive data as clear as day, while rendering it completely unintelligible to unauthorized eyes. It sounds like science fiction, but it's now within reach. The core idea is to use adversarial machine learning to create a specialized "cloak" for your data. Think of it like an advanced form of steganography, where the information's very structure is subtly altered to mask its true meaning. This "cloak" is applied by a carefully trained adversarial network before transmission and removed by a corresponding network at the intended destination. It’s like adding a secret ingredient that only the right decoder can unlock. The key is crafting these networks to no…  ( 7 min )

Game Theory’s latest video takes a deep dive into Donkey Kong’s legendary punch—crunching the numbers behind his Smash Bros. knockouts and showing just how obliterating those knuckle sandwiches get in the new Donkey Kong Bananza. Along the way, MatPat’s episode is powered by Boot.Dev (snag 25% off with code THEGAMETHEORISTS) and the fresh Theorywear drop. Shout-outs to writers Tom Robinson & Zaech Stew, editors Axellent, Koen Verhagen, Marc Schneider & Jerika, sound designer Yosi Berman, and our music partner Epidemic Sound. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei introduces Atsu as its new protagonist, dragging you into a fierce revenge quest set against the lush yet brutal landscapes of Feudal Japan. Between moments of quiet beauty and sudden violence, the game weaves a gripping story that keeps you invested in Atsu’s journey for vengeance. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami decided to blur the lines between game and reality by sending Kurt a fully functional puzzle box straight out of Silent Hill f. The challenge is real, the vibes are creepy, and every twist and turn might unlock more than just a hidden compartment. Armed with curiosity (and maybe a touch of horror-fan bravado), Kurt dives in headfirst, navigating each intricate mechanism to see if he can crack the box’s dark secrets. Will he emerge victorious, or end up as confused as someone lost in the fog? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

C. Viper makes her fiery return in Street Fighter 6, which drops on October 15, 2025. Capcom’s latest tech demo has two Level 7 CPUs going head-to-head to showcase her signature gadgets and explosive combos. This high-level CPU match gives fans a sneak peek at Viper’s electrifying arsenal—think seismic hammer, burnout, and sky-high aerial assaults—boasting both flashy visuals and competitive depth. Enjoy the burn! Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Project Retrograde just dropped its exclusive announcement trailer, and it looks like a wild ride. You play as a bounty hunter in a shattered world, using a Gungfu-powered combat system to punch, kick, and scavenge your way through eerie ruins. As you explore, you’ll uncover clues to the apocalypse that tore humanity apart—soak up the pulse-pounding action and piece together the mystery. Coming soon to PS5, Xbox, and PC (Steam). Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

1 INTRODUÇÃO Nas últimas décadas, ocorreu o aumento da complexidade dos sistemas de software, com o aumento da demanda por aplicações distribuídas e escaláveis. 2 O que é REST? O Representational State Transfer (REST) é um estilo arquitetural de software, proposto por Roy Fielding em sua tese de doutorado no ano 2000, que possibilita a comunicação consistente e escalável entre diferentes aplicações web. Sua principal característica é a definição de restrições arquiteturais que, quando aplicadas corretamente, favorecem a simplicidade, a escalabilidade e a independência entre cliente e servidor (FIELDING, 2000). Ao contrário de outros modelos mais rígidos, como o SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), o REST adota princípios mais leves, apoiando-se em padrões já estabelecidos na web, como o p…  ( 8 min )

Every developer in the world has to track their changes in project to easily maintain the code base. What is git and it uses? version control system used for saving history of project and track the changes that you have done everyday on the projects that you are working. who did it? When did they done it? What did they change it? If you have a existing project you can start using git right now by typing the following command in terminal. git init This command is used to initialize the necessary git files like .git in the current directort of the project which consists all the information that we save using git commads and repository details . git init project-name The command is used to create a project with git files in it so that you can directly start using git commands in it and save the changes that you have done. git add . The command git add is used to add the files to the staging area of the git from local system, after which you can commit the files to save the history that you have changed. git commit -m "message goes here" These command is the most important command of all because these command consists of the meessage of the changes you have done upto now. - Lets break the command "commit" These one commits all your changes that you have made and added to the git. "-m" This is the short hand notation of the message that you want to give. " " in the double quatation the actual meassage goes for the changes you have done upto now, the message has to been in such a way that you can identify what you have changed even after you are looking the project several days also you can identify  ( 6 min )

As front-end developers, we’ve all battled with awkwardly stretched images, mysteriously squashed video embeds, or divs that seem to believe geometry is optional. Enter CSS’s aspect-ratio property, our knight in shining layout armour. This property has quickly become a modern CSS favourite. It lets us maintain proportionate layouts without relying on padding hacks, JavaScript workarounds, or obscure "magic numbers." Let’s dive into how it works and why it changes the game. The aspect-ratio property allows you to control the ratio between an element’s width and height. Instead of hardcoding both dimensions, you define the relationship, and the browser does the rest. Here’s the syntax: .element { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; } That 16 / 9probably looks familiar. It’s the widescreen video ratio. …  ( 7 min )

🧭 Dev Log — Weather System Overhaul & Survival Cost Integration Focus: Weather logic expansion, sprite integration, and metabolic survival cost system 🌦 Weather System Overhaul Added missing weather types: Wind, Fog, Hail, Storm Refactored ambient temperature logic to reflect wind chill and seasonal modifiers Replaced raw season strings with SeasonType enum Integrated Enum.TryParse for safe conversion Fallback to SeasonType.Summer if parsing fails Confirmed prefab-safe access to ZoneWeatherProfile and dynamic weather resolution Added manual override via SetWeather(WeatherType newWeather) Logged resolved weather per node and zone for debugging 🧠 WeatherTypeConverter.cs Added fallback logic to default to WeatherType.Clear if JSON parsing fails Ensured compatibility with Survival.Environme…  ( 8 min )

I finally did it. After a long weekend of reverse engineering, hard-coding and vibe-coding, (and sacrificing ☹️ this week's video on AI-Assisted Model Driven App Development) I've finally managed to address a need I had for a while: being able to leverage pacx to streamline the Dataverse plugins registration workflow! Please welcome the new pacx plugin namespace. PACX it's designed to work alongside Power Platform CLI commands, filling gaps and smoothing out rough edges in the plugin development workflow. Think of PACX as the Swiss Army knife that complements your standard toolkit, offering specialized tools for specific scenarios where the standard CLI might feel a bit clunky. The pacx plugin namespace provides a focused set of commands that address common pain points in plugin developme…  ( 8 min )

Apache Zookeeper é um serviço centralizado para manter informações de configuração, nomenclatura, sincronização distribuída e serviços de grupo em sistemas distribuídos. Desenvolvido originalmente pelo Yahoo!, tornou-se um projeto Apache de alto nível e é amplamente usado em ecossistemas de big data. Coordenação distribuída: sincronização entre múltiplos nós Consistência forte: garantias ACID para operações críticas Alta disponibilidade: tolerância a falhas com replicação Performance: baixa latência para operações de leitura Simplicidade: API simples baseada em sistema de arquivos Problema da eleição de líder: Cenário: 3 brokers Kafka precisam eleger um líder para uma partição Sem Zookeeper: Como garantir que apenas um seja eleito? Com Zookeeper: Algoritmo de consenso garante eleição única…  ( 12 min )

Step 1 – Create 3 EC2 Instances Step 2 – Install Ansible on the Host Server (Ansible Control Node) SSH into your chosen host server (Ansible Host): ssh -i yourkey.pem ubuntu@ Install Ansible: sudo apt update sudo apt install ansible -y Step 3 – Copy Private Key to Ansible Host From your local machine, upload the key to the Ansible Host: scp -i yourkey.pem yourkey.pem ubuntu@:/home/ubuntu/.ssh/ On the Ansible Host: chmod 600 ~/.ssh/yourkey.pem Step 4 – Configure the Inventory File Edit the Ansible inventory file: sudo vim /etc/ansible/hosts Add your web servers: [webservers] web1 ansible_host= ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ubuntu/.ssh/yourkey.pem web2 ansible_host= ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ubuntu/.ssh/yourkey.pem Save and exit. Step 5 – Create Ansible Playbook to Install Nginx Create a playbook file: vim install_nginx.yml Add: - name: Install Nginx on web servers hosts: webservers become: true tasks: - name: Update apt packages apt: update_cache: yes - name: Install Nginx apt: name: nginx state: present Run it: ansible-playbook install_nginx.yml Step 6 – Deploy a Sample Web Page Create a new playbook: vim deploy_web.yml Add: - name: Deploy Sample Web Page hosts: webservers become: true tasks: - name: Copy index.html to servers copy: src: /home/ubuntu/index.html dest: /var/www/html/index.html First, create your sample file on the Ansible Host: echo " Welcome to my Ansible Web Project 🚀 " > index.html Run the playbook: ansible-playbook deploy_web.yml Step 7 – Test Your Deployment With this, you’ve automated the installation of Nginx and the deployment of a web page across multiple servers using Ansible.  ( 7 min )

💡 Ideias de SaaS Baseadas nas Tendências: vasco da gama x cruzeiro, atlético-mg x mirassol, fortaleza x sport recife Aqui estão cinco ideias de projetos SaaS inovadores que aproveitam as tendências atuais no Brasil, focando nas partidas de futebol e nos atletas mencionados: Nome do SaaS: Torcida Digital Problema que resolve: Dificuldade de engajamento entre torcedores que não podem comparecer aos jogos. Público-alvo: Torcedores do Vasco da Gama e Cruzeiro, especialmente os que estão longe de seus clubes. Solução: Plataforma que oferece experiências de realidade aumentada para torcedores, como visualização em 3D do estádio, interações virtuais no dia do jogo, e espaço para torcedores se conectarem e organizarem eventos conjuntos. Modelo de monetização: Assinatura mensal, com planos difer…  ( 8 min )

Building apps with Flutter isn’t just about writing clean code — it’s also about crafting an experience that users remember. Strong branding makes your app stand out, communicates trust, and keeps users coming back. Whether your project is a personal side hustle or a large-scale product, investing in branding is what separates “just another app” from one that feels polished and professional. In this guide, I’ll show you how to brand your Flutter apps like a pro — step by step. Before you dive into code: App Name & Logo → Keep it short, memorable, and relevant. Brand Values → What emotions do you want to spark (trust, fun, productivity)? Voice & Tone → Will your app speak formally, casually, or playfully? 💡 Pro tip: Write a mini style guide with your logo, colors, fonts, and brand rules. I…  ( 7 min )

💡 Theory: Understanding NFS Key Concepts Protocol: NFS uses Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to communicate between the client and server. The client sends an RPC to the server to perform a file operation (like read, write, lookup), and the server executes it and returns the result. Exporting: On the server, a directory must be explicitly exported to specify which clients can access it and what permissions they have. This is typically configured in the /etc/exports file. Mounting: On the client, the remote NFS share is mounted to a local directory (a mount point), making the remote files and directories available to the local system. Stateless vs. Stateful (NFSv3 vs. NFSv4): NFSv3 (Stateless): The server does not maintain information (state) about open files or clients. If the server crashes, …  ( 9 min )

Have you ever wondered what your CSS properties would be like if they were real people? I mean, with all the time you spend with them, don't you wonder what they would be like in real life? Well, I do. Now let me introduce you to some of the persons in the CSS world to see if it feels like you already know them or not! Just lay-out a yoga mat and breathe Meet display: flex, the yoga instructor of CSS. Always talking about alignment, balance, and flow. "Let's center everything with perfect harmony," they say while making your content bend in ways you never thought was possible. They're surprisingly flexible (pun intended) and can adapt to any situation they face. If you ever need some help, you can always count on Flex. Create your own path, it will save you from the queues position: ab…  ( 9 min )

Imagine que você tem um sistema de e-commerce com milhares de transações por minuto. Cada venda, atualização de estoque ou mudança de preço precisa ser refletida instantaneamente em diferentes sistemas: data warehouse, cache de produtos, sistema de recomendações, notificações push. Como garantir que todos esses sistemas recebam as mudanças em tempo real, sem sobrecarregar o banco principal? O Debezium é uma plataforma open-source que resolve exatamente esse problema, capturando mudanças de dados diretamente do log de transações dos bancos de dados e transmitindo-as como eventos de streaming. Debezium é uma plataforma distribuída para Change Data Capture (CDC) que monitora bancos de dados e captura mudanças em tempo real, transformando cada inserção, atualização e deleção em eventos que pod…  ( 7 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Mark your calendars for a free monthly livestream with 2-time Grammy winner Ken Lewis (114 Gold & Platinum credits, 30+ years in the game). Tune in for live mix demos, insider tips on the mix bus, production and recording, and get your burning questions answered—from career advice to track tweaks. Bonus: live viewers can snag gear giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix, and Bettermaker. Catch all the action on the Mixing Night Audio channel and level up your mixes! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair Brings “Bambú” to the COLORS Stage Hailing from Suba, Bogotá, MC Penyair delivers a hypnotic, meditative take on his brand-new single “Bambú,” hot off his latest album Filantropía. Stripped-back visuals and that signature COLORS minimalism let every line and beat shine. COLORSxSTUDIOS is all about spotlighting fresh talent and unique sounds—no distractions, just raw artistry. Catch the livestream 24/7, dive into curated playlists, and follow both COLORS and Penyair across TikTok, Instagram, Spotify and more. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes stopped by KEXP on August 1, 2025 to drop a live-in-studio version of “Over,” featuring Natassya Sianturi on vocals/keys, Sinatrya Dharaka shredding guitar and backing vox, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert holding down bass and vocals, and Sandy Kusuma on percussion/vox. Larry Mizell Jr. hosted the session while Kevin Suggs handled audio engineering and Matt Ogaz mastered the final cut. A five-camera crew captured every moment (shout-out to Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht), with Luke Knecht also editing the footage. Crank up the full performance on KEXP or dive deeper at theemarloes.bandcamp.com. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers When the pandemic hit, Jon Millman took up making custom metal ball markers just for fun—little did he know they’d end up in the pockets of the world’s best golfers. His handiwork made headlines when Rory McIlroy used one to clinch the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now Millman’s brand, Golf Life Metals, is gearing up for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, supplying both Team Europe and Team USA with bespoke ball markers. It’s a quirky slice of gear history that’s quietly reshaping golf’s biggest events. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can we beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros take you along for an epic round of golf against the reigning US Junior Champ—and trust us, their excitement is contagious as they tee off and see if they can hang with the best. Of course, they’ve got all the gear lined up—Rhoback threads, Takomo clubs, Bushnell lasers, LAB putters, Foresight launch monitors and more—plus exclusive discount codes. Don’t forget to subscribe, join their newsletter, hop into the Discord and catch them live on Twitch (and all their socials) to keep up with every swing and shank. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Game Theory’s latest episode (sponsored by Boot.Dev and Theorywear) dives into just how powerful Donkey Kong’s iconic punch is—both in Smash and the new Donkey Kong Bananza. By crunching game physics and real-world data, they estimate DK’s punch force and compare it to everyday benchmarks, revealing some hilariously over-the-top results. Along the way you’ll find discount codes for Boot.Dev (25% off), Theoryverse merch, a link to Donkey Kong Bananza on Nintendo’s store, and shout-outs to the writers, editors, and sound designer who made it all happen—plus a free trial plug for Epidemic Sound. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei drops you into Feudal Japan alongside Atsu, a brand-new protagonist hell-bent on revenge. Between lush, poetic landscapes and brutal, blood-soaked battles, the game expertly balances serenity and savagery. As you guide Atsu through sprawling temples and moonlit forests, every sword clash feels personal—this is storytelling and combat fused into one unforgettable vengeance saga. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami sent over a real-life version of the mind-bending puzzle box straight from Silent Hill f, and Kurt’s taking the plunge into its eerie mechanics. Expect twists, slides and maybe a few screams as he tries to outsmart this horror-themed head-scratcher—will he crack it or get trapped in its nightmare? Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Crimson Viper makes her triumphant return to Street Fighter 6, slated for release on October 15, 2025. This high-level CPU showcase pits two Level 7 computers against each other to highlight C. Viper’s flashy tech and signature combos. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Project Retrograde – Announcement Trailer Highlights Get ready for a wild ride in Project Retrograde, a narrative-driven action survival game from Invercity Games Works. You play as a bounty hunter with a Gungfu-centric combat system that lets you punch, kick, and grapple your way through ancient ruins. Scavenge resources, fight off threats, and piece together the cause of a world-ending apocalypse. Coming soon to PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC (Steam), Project Retrograde promises intense exploration, survival mechanics, and a story that keeps you guessing. Keep an eye out for more updates—and start practicing those combo chains! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hands-on with Nintendo’s next-gen hits IGN just dropped a preview video where they dive into two of the biggest upcoming Switch 2 titles: Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. The first eight minutes (0:00–8:02) are all about exploring new open-world mechanics and wild encounters in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, then things ramp up at 8:02 as they switch to epic hack-and-slash battles in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Both clips tease fresh spins on beloved franchises—tense boss fights and roaming routes in Z-A, plus the trademark large-scale mayhem of Hyrule Warriors with an imprisonment twist. If you’re hyped for what Nintendo has in store on Switch 2, these hands-on snippets are a must-watch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hey folks, quick update from our side. For those who don’t know: Now we’re taking it to a bigger stage. 📅 October 3rd https://www.producthunt.com/p/element-to-llm Made with ⚡ by a tiny team that got tired of bad debugging workflows.  ( 6 min )

💡 Are your Laravel queries getting repetitive? Read the full article👉  ( 6 min )

Dear author, Excellent analysis and a very valuable contribution to the community. Your exposition on the weaknesses of “all ports open” deception (fake banners, static responses) caught my attention and motivated me to prepare a practical technical contribution to complement the tool. The goal is to provide mechanisms so that findings are verifiable, resilient against banner-based traps, and manageable by evidence management infrastructures. Below I present the full technical proposal, including example code, detailed line-by-line notes, and a signed report template that can be integrated into the tool’s pipeline. Contribution Summary Integrity and non-repudiation of reports: sign every report with ECDSA P-256 managed by a PKCS#11/HSM module; use canonical JSON serialization for determini…  ( 10 min )

Cloud HPC: How Google Scales High-Performance Computing When you think of Google Cloud, the first thing that comes to mind is usually hosting apps, databases, or analytics. But behind the scenes, Google runs some of the most advanced high-performance computing (HPC) clusters in the world. These clusters power everything from AI training to scientific simulations, using a mix of CPUs, GPUs, and custom TPUs. In this post, we’ll break down how Google Cloud’s architecture works at scale, why different workloads need different hardware, and what it means for performance and sustainability. The days of relying solely on CPUs are long gone. Modern cloud platforms mix different types of hardware, each optimized for different workloads: CPUs – General-purpose workhorses. Google’s C4 machine types…  ( 8 min )

Understanding the critical infrastructure pattern that powers every high-traffic web application Picture this: your application just went viral. Traffic is spiking from 100 to 10,000 requests per second, and suddenly your database starts throwing errors. Connection timeouts everywhere. Your server crashes. Sound familiar? This scenario plays out countless times across the web, and there's one fundamental concept that separates applications that scale gracefully from those that crumble under pressure: connection pooling. Before we dive into connection pools, let's understand what we're optimizing for. When your application talks to a database, it's not as simple as making a function call. Every database connection is actually a TCP socket between your application and the database server. Cr…  ( 10 min )

Terraform is a very popular tool for implementing your cloud Infrastructure as code (IaC). It is only rivalled by the likes of Ansible, Opentofu, Pulumi, etc. If you've used it before, you may be familiar with data sources. In short, data sources allow you to retrieve data from your provider and perform a few specialised functions, as seen below: data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {} data "aws_iam_policy_document" "assume_role" { statement { actions = ["sts:AssumeRole"] principals { type = "AWS" identifiers = ["arn:aws:iam::123456789:root"] } } } In the first example, we are using it to retrieve the account id from the default AWS provider. In the second example, we are creating a reusable policy document that can be assigned to any policy. You can ev…  ( 10 min )

Fun Facts about Advanced SQL 🗄️✨ After diving into Advanced SQL, I found some cool facts worth sharing: 🔹 Fun Facts: ⚡ Fun Fact of the Day: The first version of SQL was called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language) — later shortened to SQL. SQL #AdvancedSQL #DataAnalytics #100DaysOfCode #Python  ( 6 min )

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, understanding vulnerabilities is essential for developers and system architects alike. A recent incident involving a Postmark backdoor that allegedly downloads emails has raised significant alarms in the tech community. This vulnerability underscores the importance of robust security practices in application development, especially when integrating email services and APIs. In this blog post, we will delve into the technical intricacies of this backdoor, explore its implications, and provide actionable insights for developers to secure their applications against similar threats. Postmark is a popular email delivery service designed to send transactional emails efficiently. It provides a robust API and tools for developers to integrate…  ( 8 min )

For decades, the archetype of the cyber adversary has been the shadowy hacker in a dark room, a lone genius manually typing commands to dismantle digital defenses. This image, while persistent in popular culture, is becoming dangerously obsolete. The modern threat actor is no longer just a human; they are an augmented human, their skills amplified and their speed accelerated by one of the most powerful tools ever created: Artificial Intelligence. The dark side of AI in cybersecurity is no longer a theoretical, science-fiction concept. It is a practical, emerging reality. Adversaries are actively weaponizing machine learning to create attacks that are faster, more scalable, more deceptive, and more adaptive than anything we have faced before. This weaponization is not about creating a senti…  ( 11 min )

Introduction I recently built a Tic-Tac-Toe game using Rust, the Bevy game engine, and WebAssembly. 🦀 Rust: Systems programming language 🎮 Bevy: Data-driven game engine 🧠 Minimax AI: Advanced game algorithm 🌐 WebAssembly: Browser-based deployment 🎨 HTML/CSS: Responsive game interface Interactive Gameplay Click-to-play interface Real-time move validation Visual feedback with colored squares AI Opponent Minimax algorithm implementation Alpha-beta pruning optimization Strategic decision making Modern Web Interface Responsive design Loading animations Clean, gradient-based UI Tech stack badges Game State Management Win detection Draw conditions Easy restart functionality // Key components of the board initialization pub struct BoardState { pub board: [[Option; 3]; 3], p…  ( 7 min )

PostgreSQL 18, released on September 25, 2025, includes major features focused on performance, manageability, and developer experience. This is a landmark release. It’s not just an incremental update; it’s a fundamental shift that directly addresses some of the long-standing performance, operational, and development pain points in high-scale Postgres environments. This release delivers on two major fronts: raw I/O performance gains through asynchronous operations, and critical quality-of-life and indexing improvements that smooth the path for both developers and database administrators. If your business runs on Postgres, upgrading to version 18 is a move that will pay immediate and substantial dividends. The single most consequential change in PostgreSQL 18 is the introduction of a new Asy…  ( 10 min )

Sourcing Data from Different Platforms Using Tableau: A Complete Guide with Real-World Applications Anshuman ・ Sep 28  ( 5 min )

Introduction In today’s data-driven world, decision-making is no longer based on instinct alone. Businesses, researchers, and analysts depend on powerful statistical tools to make sense of massive amounts of data. Two of the most widely used Python libraries for statistical and numerical analysis are NumPy (Numerical Python) and SciPy (Scientific Python). Together, they form the backbone of scientific computing in Python and enable everything from simple descriptive statistics to complex scientific modeling. While many people associate NumPy and SciPy with coding, the bigger picture lies in how they empower analysts to extract insights, validate hypotheses, and understand patterns in real-world data. This article explores their roles in statistical analysis, explains core concepts, and dem…  ( 10 min )

Table of Contents Introduction Why Obsidian HTTP MCP? How It Works What Makes It Nerdy-Perks-Worthy Examples of Cool AI Interactions Setup TL;DR If you’ve been following my Obsidian setup, you know I love keeping my notes synchronized across devices with Syncthing (My Obsidian + Syncthing Setup: A Self-Hosted Cloud for Notes, Backups, and More). But I wanted more than just syncing—I wanted to interact with my notes intelligently, anywhere, anytime. That’s why I developed Obsidian HTTP MCP, a lightweight server built on FastMCP that exposes your Obsidian vault over HTTP using the MCP protocol. With this server, you can: Connect AI clients like Cursor directly to your vault, enabling natural-language search, analytics, and even automated note modifications. Query your notes on demand from…  ( 7 min )

Modern web development is exciting. With JavaScript evolving rapidly and new web APIs emerging constantly, developers can build highly interactive and feature-rich applications. But here’s the challenge: not all browsers support these features natively, especially older ones like Internet Explorer. This is where polyfills come in—a small piece of code that ensures your modern web features work across all browsers, bridging the gap between the old and the new. A polyfill is essentially a patch for missing features in older browsers. It implements functionality that is present in modern browsers but absent in older ones. Think of it like this: if modern browsers speak a new language, polyfills act as translators for older browsers, allowing them to understand and execute your code. Polyfills…  ( 8 min )

Unlocking AI's Imagination: Neuron-Tracing for Next-Gen 3D Models Tired of clunky, pixelated 3D models from AI? Are traditional methods struggling to capture the intricate details of complex shapes? Imagine bypassing the limitations of pixel-based rendering and directly visualizing the underlying 'thought process' of the AI itself. We're talking about a revolutionary approach to 3D model generation: neuron-tracing. Instead of relying on spatial sampling, this technique dives directly into the neural network, analyzing how each neuron contributes to defining the object's surface. Think of it like following the flow of electricity through a circuit board to understand its function, but for AI-generated shapes. By tracking the boundaries created by each neuron's activation, we can construct…  ( 7 min )

Write Elegant Animations in CSS with Dynamic and Composable Keyframes I struggled with bloated CSS animations for years, repeating keyframe blocks until my code felt like a tangled mess. Here’s the usual way we write keyframe animations: @keyframes fadeOut { from { opacity: 1; } to { opacity: 0; } } What happens if you skip the keyframe block entirely and lean on inherited CSS properties? @keyframes fadeToTransparent { to { opacity: 0; } } It works just as smoothly, with half the code. Less clutter, more control. I thought it was just a neat shortcut. Then I realized it lets you dynamically tweak animations using CSS custom properties, and my mind was blown. Let’s dive into how this works, plus a bonus tip to make your animations pop. Core Concept Explained When…  ( 8 min )

Every time we start a new Node.js project, we re-install the same packages again and again. Disk space wasted 📂 Bandwidth wasted 🌐 Setup time wasted ⏳ I got tired of this, so I built reusepkg 💡 What it does Instead of duplicating node_modules for every project, reusepkg creates symlinks to packages you already have. Saves 50–80% disk space Speeds up project setup ⚡ Works across Windows, macOS, Linux 🔑 Features ✅ Smart registry to track package locations 📦 Quick Start reusepkg install express 📊 Example Impact Installed express once in Project A. Started Project B, ran reusepkg link → boom 💥 symlink created, no re-download, no duplication. 🙌 Why I Built This It started as a small annoyance ("why am I downloading express for the 100th time?"). 👉 Try it out: https://www.npmjs.com/package/reusepkg 👉 Contribute: https://github.com/shanmukhasaireddy13/reusepkg Made with ❤️ for the Node.js community.  ( 6 min )

Yesterday, I released the Solana instruction parsing MCP I built recently on the internet. I noticed that many people liked and followed me, but not many actually used it. I feel this is still worth trying, and combined with AI, it can be very useful. The address is solmcp The examples inside use MCP Inspector for calling. Why use this? AI can call MCP relying on AI's capabilities, the capabilities of MCP functions, looking at input and output. The parsed tx inside comes from 4mSCpNds15mvygBex3aCfyMyZ8JYyzTuNikeYT2LgADH5DZgz6jnMZkLuwhAmqUHRVu2LXgmcVxXzeRvXPesPb5a get_solana_transaction analyze_solana_instruction analyze_instruction_data get_transaction_with_inner_instructions Defined as: server.tool( "analyze_solana_instruction", "Deep-dive analysis of a specific instruc…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the Heroku "Back to School" AI Challenge TalkToMyTabs - An AI-powered Chrome extension that solves the "save but never read" syndrome that plagues every student's learning journey. We've all been there: You find an amazing research paper, a crucial tutorial, or an insightful article. You bookmark it thinking "I'll read this later"... but later never comes. Your bookmarks become a graveyard of good intentions. TalkToMyTabs transforms this broken workflow into an active learning system: Smart Article Simplification Automatically simplifies and saves articles when you bookmark them Three simplification levels (Low/Mid/High) based on your comprehension needs Preserves core concepts while making content digestible Force-Fed Learning (in a good way!) Saved articles…  ( 9 min )

Hey dev community! 👋 I'm curious about your thoughts on this - what core competencies do you think a frontend developer should have after 5 years in the field? I'm asking this because I want to benchmark myself and see what areas I might need to focus on for growth. The frontend landscape changes so quickly, and I'd love to hear from developers at different experience levels about what really matters. Some areas I'm thinking about: Technical skills (frameworks, tools, languages) Soft skills (communication, teamwork, problem-solving) Architecture and system design Performance optimization Testing strategies Leadership and mentoring What would you add to this list? What do you think separates a 5-year developer from someone with 2-3 years of experience? Would love to hear your perspectives! 🚀  ( 6 min )

Kubernetes can feel complicated when you first start. It’s a powerful system with a lot of moving parts. But once you understand its core components, it all starts to make sense. Think of Kubernetes like a busy restaurant kitchen. The head chef doesn't cook every meal. Instead, they direct a team of specialists who handle different tasks to get the food out. Kubernetes is the head chef for your applications, and its components are the specialists. Let's walk through the seven key components that make it all work. The control plane is the management center. It makes all the decisions about the cluster, like scheduling applications and responding to failures. It’s the head chef and management staff of our restaurant. The API Server is the front desk of the entire operation. Every request to …  ( 8 min )

I have been trying to understand how transformers work lately, and whenever we read or hear about transformers, there is one word which comes up more than any other: ‘Attention’ , although it’s not something that first appeared with transformers, but it has become the centerpiece of the whole architecture. That said, attention by itself doesn’t get us very far. There’s another idea that doesn’t always get the same spotlight, but without it, self-attention would completely fall apart. That idea is positional encoding the thing that lets transformers keep track of word order. But why self attention in transformers is useless without this Positional encoding? The issue is that self-attention has no built-in sense of order. Each token looks at every other token simultaneously, like in the diag…  ( 14 min )

System design interviews have become a cornerstone of the technical interview process at major technology companies. Unlike coding interviews that test algorithmic thinking, system design interviews evaluate your ability to architect largescale distributed systems, make tradeoffs, and think through complex engineering challenges that mirror realworld scenarios. Understanding System Design Interviews What Are System Design Interviews? System design interviews are openended discussions where you're asked to design a largescale distributed system. These interviews typically last 4560 minutes and focus on your ability to: Break down complex problems into manageable components Why Companies Use System Design Interviews System design interviews serve multiple purposes: Assessing RealWorld Skills…  ( 12 min )

Here is a comprehensive list of common agentic AI architectural patterns used in agentic frameworks Pattern Name Description Handoff Pattern Dynamic sequential transfer of control and context between specialized agents for task handling. Controlled Flow Tasks follow defined workflows with explicit control and order. LLM as Router Large language model routes tasks dynamically to appropriate agents or tools based on context. Reflection Pattern Agents self-audit and iteratively improve outputs before finalizing results. Tool Use Pattern Agents invoke external tools or APIs to extend capabilities beyond their inherent knowledge. ReAct (Reason and Act) Combination of reflection and tool use where agents reason and interact with tools iteratively. Planning Pattern Breaking down tasks into subtasks with explicit goals for strategic execution and delegation. Multi-Agent Collaboration Multiple agents work together concurrently or sequentially, sharing state and results. Sequential Orchestration Agents work in a fixed linear order, passing outputs to the next agent in sequence. Concurrent Orchestration Agents run alongside each other independently, and outputs are aggregated afterward. These patterns enable flexible, autonomous, and scalable AI systems adaptable to a wide range of real-world applications and complexities. Sources https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/ai-agent-design-patterns https://hypermode.com/blog/agentic-design-patterns-ai-agents https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/5-agentic-ai-design-patterns https://www.vellum.ai/blog/agentic-workflows-emerging-architectures-and-design-patterns https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/semantic-kernel/frameworks/agent/agent-orchestration/handoff  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I built a lightweight “Dashboard Studio” that helps you sketch analytics layouts fast. Drag components onto a snap‑to‑grid canvas, bind simple CSV data, and export a ready‑to‑use React file that renders Kendo Grid/Chart with your data. A three‑pane studio for rapid dashboard prototyping: Palette: drag Chart, KPI, Card, Text, Image, Grid to the canvas. Canvas: snap‑to‑grid placement, selection, duplicate/delete, zoom, light/dark. Properties: General, Layout, Data, Accessibility tabs. Data import: Upload CSV/TSV/TXT and preview in a Kendo Grid. Bind columns/rows to Grid nodes; bind numeric series to Chart nodes. One‑click export: Generates a standalone Dashboard.tsx. Includes Kendo Grid/Chart with your bound data and absolute…  ( 7 min )

Photos are not just images; they are moments frozen in time. Whether it’s a wedding, christening, birthday, or friendship milestone, a personalised frame or wall art piece turns those captured memories into meaningful keepsakes. Custom photo frames & wall art offer a thoughtful way to celebrate life’s precious occasions while adding a touch of elegance to home décor. Personal and Meaningful Unlike standard frames, custom designs include names, dates, or messages, making them one-of-a-kind. Versatile for Every Occasion From baby christenings to anniversaries, personalised frames suit every milestone. Beautiful Home Décor Custom frames not only preserve memories but also enhance walls, desks, and shelves with style. Best Custom Photo Frames & Wall Art Ideas Perso…  ( 7 min )

Jewellery is timeless, but when paired with a personalised touch, it transforms into a heartfelt keepsake. Engraved jewellery gifts are more than accessories — they are symbols of love, gratitude, and cherished memories. Whether for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, or “just because” moments, these unique pieces ensure that your gift will always stand out. Personal and Sentimental Engravings — from initials and dates to special messages — turn a simple item into a meaningful keepsake. Versatile for All Occasions From milestone anniversaries to bridesmaid thank-yous, engraved jewellery gifts suit every celebration. Timeless Keepsakes Unlike fleeting trends, engraved gifts hold lasting sentimental and emotional value, making them treasured for years. Elegant Engrav…  ( 7 min )

Picture this (even tough you don't want to, but pls lets focus): You're frantically digging through your notes at 2 AM before a big presentation, typing variations of "quarterly revenue projections methodology" into your company's search bar. Nothing. You try "Q4 forecast approach." Still nothing. Meanwhile, the document you need literally contains the phrase "how we calculate expected earnings for the final quarter." Welcome to the keyword search hellscape we've all accepted as normal. For most it is normal. Here's the uncomfortable truth: Most of the world's knowledge isn't on the public web—it's hiding behind login walls, scattered across internal wikis, personal notes, and company docs that Google can't even see/index, let alone search intelligently. We're living in an age where I can …  ( 11 min )

Short link: https://gameapps.cc/ — a focused portal for mobile and indie gaming discovery, editorial coverage, and rankings. If you build, market, or analyze mobile games, sites like GameApps are gold — not because they replace store analytics, but because they surface signals you won’t get from charts alone: editorial framing, genre clusters, early community reactions, and human-curated rankings. This post walks through practical, developer-focused ways to use GameApps (and similar game discovery platforms) to sharpen product decisions, find PR targets, and validate monetization and retention ideas. GameApps is a game recommendation and news platform that aggregates: a game library (with platform/genre filters), editor’s picks and reviews, news about mobile titles, and popularity/rating r…  ( 8 min )

In the quiet moments between notifications, something profound is happening to the human psyche. Across bedrooms and coffee shops, on commuter trains and in school corridors, millions of people are unknowingly participating in what researchers describe as an unprecedented shift in how we interact with information and each other. The algorithms that govern our digital lives—those invisible decision-makers that determine what we see, when we see it, and how we respond—are creating new patterns of behaviour that mental health professionals are only beginning to understand. What began as a promise of connection has morphed into something far more complex and troubling. The very technologies designed to bring us closer together are, paradoxically, driving us apart whilst simultaneously making u…  ( 22 min )

What is DNS? How DNS Works User Request: DNS Resolver Cache: Query the DNS Hierarchy: TLD Server: Authoritative DNS Server: Return and Cache: DNS Components DNS Zones and Zone Files: Resource Records: A Record: Maps a hostname to an IPv4 address. AAAA Record: Maps a hostname to an IPv6 address. CNAME Record: Maps an alias hostname to a canonical name. MX Record: Specifies mail servers for a domain. PTR Record: Used for reverse DNS lookups. NS Record: Indicates authoritative DNS servers for a domain. TXT Record: Holds text information for various uses including email verification. Types of DNS Servers Recursive Resolver (or Recursive DNS Server): Its job is to find the IP address for the requested domain name by querying other DNS servers on behalf of the client. Root Name Servers: When a recursive resolver needs to find the IP address for a new domain, it first contacts a root server to get a list of servers responsible for that domain's top-level domain (like .com or .org). Top-Level Domain (TLD) Name Servers: The TLD server holds information for all domains with a particular extension (e.g., all .com domains) and points the resolver to the authoritative name server for that specific domain. Authoritative Name Servers: Once the authoritative server provides the IP address to the recursive resolver, the resolver caches the information and sends the IP address to your device, allowing your browser to connect to the website. Importance and Security DNS is essential for the internet's usability, translating human-friendly domains into machine-friendly IP addresses. It also supports email delivery and network troubleshooting. Security measures like DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) are implemented to ensure authenticity and protect users from attacks like DNS spoofing.  ( 7 min )

Introduction Big data is no longer a buzzword. With organizations generating terabytes of data every day, traditional tools like Pandas quickly run out of steam. Enter Apache Spark: a powerful, distributed computing engine designed for large-scale data analytics. And with PySpark, Spark’s Python API, beginners and Pythonistas can leverage Spark’s power without switching languages. In this hands-on article, we’ll use PySpark + SparkSQL to analyze the MovieLens dataset and uncover insights like the highest-rated movies, most active users, and most popular genres. Along the way, you’ll see how Spark handles data efficiently and why it’s a go-to tool for big data analytics. We’ll use the MovieLens 100K dataset (small but rich for exploration). Download from: MovieLens Latest Small It contains: movies.csv → Movie details (id, title, genres) ratings.csv → User ratings (userId, movieId, rating, timestamp) Let's join the two datasets: Top 10 Movies by Average Rating To make analysis more flexible, we'll use SQL: movies.createOrReplaceTempView("movies") ratings.createOrReplaceTempView("ratings") movie_ratings.createOrReplaceTempView("movie_ratings") Let’s visualize the most popular genres using Matplotlib: Big data analytics doesn’t have to be intimidating. With Apache Spark and PySpark, you can combine the power of distributed computing with the simplicity of Python. In this article, we: Loaded and explored the MovieLens dataset Analyzed ratings with PySpark DataFrame API Ran SparkSQL queries for deeper insights Visualized results to tell a story with data  ( 6 min )

I have been trying to adopt #Areg this weekend. It really is easy to setup and get initially working, even on #AlpineLinux. It is very rate that I ever have adopted a C++ framework. I am so picky, I usually just roll my own as needed. In fact, I only really have done so once before, and that was #Qt some 15 years ago. One result of that was the Wickr messenger. But what to do with Areg? Well, I had been planning out a successor to Coventry, which was a successor to SIPWitch. Work became really hard on Coventry as I was becoming blind over the past few years, and this was before finally effectively adapting to my situation. But I also have a much clearer idea of what I need in a Coventry server now than I did 5 years ago, too. I need timers. Lazy timers for registry expirations that might be 90 seconds to 5 minutes. Millisecond prevision ring timers that will go off every 4 (or 6) seconds during ring phase for call sequencing for each ringing call. I need configuration management, such as for extension properties like call forwarding and speed dial lists. I need ipc / rpc to configure and manage the service. I need event pipelines and thread pools to collect and dispatch events and keep the sip stack delay free. I need shared locking for registry, pubsub, and call data structures which may be accessed from multiple event threads and other services. I need logging. I need a generic service startup / shutdown. Oh, and, as an on-premise switch, it should be able to build and run on posix systems, windows, and maybe even embedded / rtos. That's a shopping list. Does it seem a familiar one @aregtech ? Oh, and I also need a name. But that I already dud have in mind for this application. Beswitched!  ( 6 min )

Have you ever been at a summer camp or a small community where money management becomes chaotic? I faced this exact problem, so I built a complete desktop banking system with Electron, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and Node.js. **Problem you solve My solution: Lazpal Bank – a desktop application that handles: Balance management per camper Transactions with history Group and team management Daily spending limits Multi-user support Automatic backups The app is built with: Electron for desktop application framework 🔗 Check it out here: GitHub Repo If you find it interesting, give it a ⭐ on GitHub! Feedback is always welcome 🚀 electron #javascript #node #webdev #showdev  ( 6 min )

Reading the Julia language's documentation, it says that unlike many traditional languages, Julia support multiple dispatching of functions (from here on, MD), as opposed to traditional OOP languages' single dispatch, or even the more modern function overloading (onwards, FO.) I know what single dispatch is, anyone who ever "dotted into" a method call in an OO language knows what single dispatch is. I also know what function overloading is (thank you Elixir for that.) But multiple dispatch? So I did some digging and now would like to post about it too, adding my own two cents. 😉 As mentioned earlier, if you ever "dotted into" a method call in most dynamic OO languages - congratulations, you executed a single dispatch operation. What single dispatch simply means is that when a function…  ( 13 min )

Melody: 😀 Human-made Lyrics: 😀 Human-made Music production: 😀 Human Voice 🤖 AI instrumentals (Suno) Cover art: 🤖 AI-made (OpenAI) For this song, I actually got the help from Victoria Pai, a singer I found on Soundbetter. She lend her beautiful voice for this song. The result is just breathtaking...  ( 6 min )

The developer experience is far better in PHP 8 and later versions, for example, with Constructor property promotion. When creating objects, such as DTOs, it saves time and energy. I believe the new Pipe Operator of PHP 8.5 |> will bring the same kind of joy. class Sanitizer { public static function removeAt(string $x): string { return str_replace('@', '', $x); } public function __invoke(string $x): string { return str_replace(' ', '-', $x); } } $value = " l@ l@ l@ "; $sanitizedValue = $value |> 'trim' |> [Sanitizer::class, 'removeAt'] |> (new Sanitizer()); You may use the Pipe Operator with various callables from different sources, like built-in functions and custom helpers. This will remove the hassle of typing the same intermediary variable …  ( 8 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Ken Lewis—2× Grammy winner and mixing mastermind behind 114 Gold & Platinum records—returns for a special Back to School Night livestream. In this free Mixing Night Audio session, he’ll walk you through the mix bus techniques and studio secrets he uses to craft hit records, plus share career-boosting tips for producers at every level. Expect live Q&A magic, hands-on demos, and epic giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix, and Bettermaker for those tuning in. Grab your headphones, join the fun, and get ready to level up your mixes! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba in Bogotá, stops by the COLORS stage with a meditative performance of his latest single “Bambú,” building on the vibes of his recent album Filantropía. True to the COLORS ethos, the stripped-back setup lets Penyair’s unique flow and sound take center stage—perfect for anyone hunting down fresh, global talent without distractions. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Over” (Live on KEXP) Catch Indonesian indie-rock quartet Thee Marloes tearing it up with their track “Over,” recorded live at KEXP on August 1, 2025. Natassya Sianturi leads the charge on vocals and keys, backed by Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Rhesa Filbert (bass), Tommy Satrio (drums) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion). Host Larry Mizell, Jr. guides the session while Kevin Suggs and Matt Ogaz handle audio and mastering, with a full camera crew capturing every moment. Dive deeper into Thee Marloes’ vibe over on their Bandcamp (https://theemarloes.bandcamp.com) or catch more live goodness at kexp.org. Want perks? Join their YouTube channel for extra behind-the-scenes action! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon What started as Jon Millman’s pandemic hobby—crafting custom ball markers—turned into a Tour-level gig when Rory McIlroy used one to seal the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now Millman’s company, Golf Life Metals, is the go-to source for personalized markers, decking out both Team Europe and Team USA for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR: The Bryan Bros take on the US Junior Champion in an exciting golf showdown, sharing every high-pressure swing and reaction as they hunt down birdies and bragging rights on the course. Along the way they hype up their favorite gear—from Rhoback apparel and Foresight Sports launch monitors to Bushnell rangefinders, LAB putters, Takomo clubs, and Bruce Bolt gloves—and invite viewers to join their newsletter, Discord, Twitch stream, and social channels for more behind-the-scenes golf fun. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Adaptive Automation: Teaching AI to Navigate the Untamed Web Imagine tasking an AI with booking your dream vacation. You give it vague instructions: "Find a cheap flight to a sunny beach in March with good surfing." Sounds simple, but the AI must navigate countless websites, decipher conflicting information, and adapt to ever-changing layouts. Current automated systems often choke on this complexity, getting lost in endless loops or making costly mistakes. But what if we could create systems that learn from their failures, evolving their strategies on the fly? The key lies in a self-improving, multi-agent architecture. Picture two distinct AI teams working in tandem: a "Reconnaissance Team" that analyzes past attempts, identifying what went wrong and why, and an "Action Team" that execut…  ( 7 min )

Game Theory: How DEADLY Is Donkey Kong’s Punch? MatPat tackles one of Smash’s most iconic moves—Donkey Kong’s mighty punch—and brings it back in the new Donkey Kong Bananza to see just how much damage it could do in the real world. He crunches the physics, in-game stats and hypothetical IRL equivalents to reveal exactly how devastating DK’s uppercut really is. Along the way you’ll catch sponsor shout-outs for Boot.Dev (grab 25% off with code “THEGAMETHEORISTS”), a nod to their new Theorywear merch drop, plus an Epidemic Sound plug for royalty-free tunes. Brace yourself—this punch packs a wallop you won’t believe! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei drops you into the sandals of Atsu, a brand-new protagonist hell-bent on a gripping revenge mission. Set against Feudal Japan’s stunning yet savage landscapes, the game masterfully juggles serene beauty and brutal violence to keep you on the edge of your seat. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami sent us a real-life Silent Hill f puzzle box to tackle—every creepy slider, latch, and hidden compartment ripped straight from the game. It’s like holding a miniature nightmare in your hands. Enter Kurt, who dives in headfirst, grumbling about cryptic symbols and testing his patience with each twist. Will he unlock its secrets or end up stumped by this eldritch brain teaser? Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Back in my day - I say, while holding up my wrinkly old lady finger - I taught myself HTML and CSS. That was Frontend. Now it's so many things. When I read job descriptions it sounds like Fullstack to me. And now that I am in a retraining program, when it was about time to apply for an internship, I said "I want to do Frontend". Because really that is where I feel most comfortable, even if I am not sure anymore what it means exactly. Now I have started that internship, it's a Frontend role with a tech stack of React, Typescript, fluentUI and SPFx. This is not a complaint but I don't really do anything with CSS and most of my problems are logic based TypeScript things. When I visit my classmates who are also interns at the same company (like the one next door to me) they do either Java or C# with Angular and are supposedly in a backend position (which I also learned how to use). But really they seem to be doing more (S)CSS and HTML than I am. Is that normal? What does "Frontend" mean to y'all?  ( 6 min )

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Here’s what happened: My typing speed doubled… StackOverflow became my emotional support animal. My code actually looked… mine? I caught myself whispering “just autocomplete this one loop, please” to my VS Code screen. After two days, I gave up. Turned Copilot back on. Cursor welcomed me back like an old friend. And honestly? I don’t care if AI makes me “lazy.” It also makes me paid. So yeah, respect to the devs still flexing their pure-brain muscle without AI — but for me, coding without it felt like riding a bike with square wheels. Technically possible. Painfully stupid.  ( 6 min )

Running a SaaS without understanding your metrics? That’s like sailing a ship blindfolded. Let’s break down the numbers that really matter—with a dash of honesty. ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) – The big headline figure you tell investors… and your mom. Committed ARR – The “maybe someday” revenue hiding in your pipeline. Growth Rate – That magic percentage everyone brags about at investor meetings. Rule of 40 – CFOs’ favorite bedtime mantra: growth + profitability = happiness. CAC Payback Period – How long until your customer actually pays for themselves… spoiler: it’s never fast enough. Magic Number – Sounds mystical, but really just a ratio to brag about. ARR per FTE – A metric that screams “we need fewer people… or more revenue.” Net Dollar Retention (NDR) – The number your Customer Success team frames on their wall. Sign-ups – Enthusiastic… but mostly free… and possibly ghosting you. Gross Margin – The real profit hiding behind your shiny ARR. Burn Multiple – How many dollars you burn to make a dollar appear profitable. Activation – When your user actually does the thing you built your product for. Product-Influenced Revenue – The justification for giving away so much free stuff. North Star Metric – The single number you use to convince your team you’re “winning.” LTV:CAC – Fun math to show you’re not spending money blindly. Expansion Revenue – When your existing customers suddenly pay more… or you convince them to. Gross Dollar Retention (GDR) – The metric that shows how many customers survived the year without ghosting you. AARRR (Pirate Metrics) – Because SaaS metrics are basically a treasure hunt. Metrics can feel like alphabet soup—but understanding them (and laughing a little) is what keeps your SaaS ship afloat. ⚓  ( 6 min )

Sécurité Informatique : Décryptage d'un Outil de Cybersécurité Moderne Dans le monde numérique d'aujourd'hui où la cybercriminalité est en constante évolution, la cybersécurité est devenue un pilier essentiel pour protéger les données sensibles et prévenir les attaques malveillantes. Les entreprises et les particuliers investissent de plus en plus dans des outils de cybersécurité avancés pour renforcer leur posture de sécurité. Parmi les nombreux outils disponibles, nous allons explorer en profondeur l'un des plus populaires et performants : Wireshark. Wireshark est un analyseur de protocole réseau open-source largement utilisé par les professionnels de la cybersécurité pour l'inspection en profondeur du trafic réseau en temps réel. Cet outil puissant permet de capturer et d'analyser les…  ( 7 min )

Sometimes there is a need to transfer files between two different parties, one way to do that is using SFTP (Secure Transfer Protocol). There is a native offering within Azure that can be set up to enable you to use SFTP in Azure and transfer files. In this guide, I’ll walk you through what SFTP is, how Azure supports it, how much it costs, and the step by step process to get it up and running. SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol. It’s a networking protocol that provides file access, transfer and management capabilities over a secure SSH connection. It’s widely used to transfer files between systems in a secure way, as it protects your data in transit using encryption. Unlike traditional File Transfer Protocol (FTP), SFTP only uses one port, port 22. Which makes it easy to …  ( 9 min )

It’s almost time for another Hacktoberfest. I participated for the first time in 2017, its third edition, and things has changed since: now it requires 6 PRs to be done, and if you want a t-shirt you must be among the first 10,000. I don’t think I’ll be one of them, because I have a lot of work to do. Hacktoberfest 2025 is approaching. I’ve already participated from 2017 to 2020, then discontinuously in the next years, and I think I’ll do my best this year as well. I can exclude to be among those who will get the limited edition t-shirt (I have three from the past). I’m too busy. I think Hacktoberfest is one of the best open source contribution events so far. I also think that the organizers did not anticipate that the event would reach such proportions: swags have disappeared for years, t…  ( 7 min )

Environment Setup v1.0 - Production-Ready macOS Development Environment As a developer, I was tired of manually setting up development environments on new Macs. The process was always the same: install Homebrew, configure Git, set up Node.js, install VS Code, configure the shell, and on and on. It was repetitive, error-prone, and time-consuming. So I built a solution: Environment Setup v1.0 - a comprehensive, production-ready tool that automatically configures a complete development environment on macOS with just one command. Every time I got a new Mac or helped a colleague set up their development environment, I found myself: Manually installing dozens of packages Configuring shell environments Setting up Git and SSH Installing and configuring editors Managing database services Dealing …  ( 9 min )

상황 스크롤 진행도를 측정할 일이 있어서 다음과 같이 useScrollProgress 훅을 만들었다. function useScrollProgress() { const [progress, setProgress] = useState(0); const calculateScrollProgress = useCallback(() => { ... }); useEffect(() => { window.addEventListener(calculateScrollProgress, { passive: true }); return () => { window.removeEventListener(calculateScrollProgress); } }); return progress; } 그리고 이 스크롤 진행도를 로깅해야 했기에 로깅하였다. 그리고 이 hook을 여러 페이지 컴포넌트에서 사용하였다. MainPage.tsx function MainPage() { useScrollProgress(); } 내가 처음에 생각한 문제점은 다음과 같았다. scroll 이벤트가 발생할 때마다 현재 스크롤 높이, document 높이, window 길이를 계산하고 있으니 프레임 저하가 발생할 것이다. 실제로 크롬 개발자 도구의 퍼포먼스 탭에서 확인하니 성능 저하가 분명 있긴 했다. 하지만, 이 성능 저하가 어디서부터 오는지 정확한 확인이 필요했다. 그래서 react profiler를 통해서도 확인해보았다. 사실 문제는 다음과 같았다. 최상위 컴포넌트인 MainPage에…  ( 7 min )

In the field of cybersecurity and intelligence gathering, cyberspace search engines are indispensable tools. Whether for asset mapping, identifying potential vulnerabilities, or supporting threat intelligence analysis, these platforms provide critical data for security researchers and enterprises. Among the most well-known tools today are Shodan, Censys, and ZoomEye. Multi-Dimensional Comparison 1.Data Coverage 2.Search Capabilities 3.Update Frequency and Real-Time Performance 4.Visualization and Analysis Tools 5.API and Ecosystem Extensibility 6.Pricing and Accessibility Conclusion Shodan, Censys, and ZoomEye each have their own strengths. However, in terms of flexibility, update speed, and user-friendliness, ZoomEye demonstrates a stronger competitive edge. For security researchers and enterprises, ZoomEye represents a well-rounded and practical choice.  ( 7 min )

We're at the epicenter of a revolutionary moment that's fundamentally changing the landscape of search engines and digital marketing. For any business promoting goods, services, or a personal brand online, understanding this shift is not just a tactical advantage, but a strategic imperative for survival and growth. A fundamental transformation is underway, moving from traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). If SEO was always a battle for the top spot in Google's search results, GEO is a completely new discipline. Its goal is not simply to become visible, but to be recommended and cited by artificial intelligence. We are moving from Search Engine Optimization to optimization for generative systems, or Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). This c…  ( 12 min )

In the earlier module, we saw how to create an Amazon ECS cluster with a task definition using AWS Community Terraform modules. Now, let’s take the next step—automating application deployment using GitHub Actions CI/CD. By the end of this blog, you’ll understand how to set up a complete CI/CD pipeline for deploying new versions of your application to ECS, all triggered by source code changes in your repository. I’ve created GitHub workflows that handle the following: initial-ecr-setup.yml – Create an Amazon ECR public repository, build the Docker image, and push it to ECR. deploy-infrastructure.yml – Build the ECS infrastructure (cluster, services, task definitions, ALB) using Terraform. build-and-deploy.yml – Deploy an updated version of the app whenever source code changes are pushed. de…  ( 8 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Edition Join Ken Lewis (2× Grammy winner, 30+ years in the game, and credited on 114 gold & platinum records) for a FREE live Mixing Night Q&A on October 1, 2025. He’ll break down the mix-bus tricks he uses to craft hit records, dish out pro tips on production, recording, and career growth, and answer your burning questions in real time. Plus, stick around for sweet giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix, and Bettermaker, and snag exclusive resources like Allcomp, GreenHAAS, mix critiques on SoundBetter, merch, and more. Don’t miss the fun—register now and level up your mixing game! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

If you loved Migration Guru ✨ New Feature: Online IDE with PHP Validation Now, you don’t just create, run, or rollback migrations—you can edit them directly in your browser with a lightweight IDE, complete with real-time PHP validation. What’s new 💻 Edit migrations online – update your migration files from the dashboard without touching your terminal or code editor. Why this matters Working with migrations is one of Laravel’s strongest features, but switching between terminal and code editor can slow you down. With the online IDE and PHP validation, you can fix mistakes, tweak fields, or add columns instantly. It’s especially useful when prototyping features or quickly iterating on database design. 📦 Installation If you haven’t installed Migration Guru yet, just run: composer require nikelioum/migration-guru Laravel will auto-discover the package. The new IDE feature is included in v1.2+. 🚀 Usage Visit the dashboard: /migration-guru Click Edit on any migration to open the online IDE Make your changes, validate, and save Your migrations are now ready to run—without ever opening the terminal. 📍 Links GitHub: https://github.com/nikelioum/migration-guru Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/nikelioum/migration-guru 🙌 Feedback, suggestions, or contributions are always welcome! If you find it useful, a ⭐ on GitHub would mean a lot.  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers What started as Jon Millman’s pandemic hobby of crafting custom ball markers has turned into a full-blown golf obsession—he’s now the go-to guy for Tour pros. Remember Rory McIlroy’s winning shot at the 2025 Masters? Yup, that was one of Millman’s markers in action, helping him clinch a career grand slam. Now under the banner of Golf Life Metals, Millman’s creations are set to make their Ryder Cup debut at Bethpage Black, with both Team Europe and Team USA lining up to tee off using his bespoke markers. Talk about turning a DIY pastime into golf history! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Intro After 2 months of efforts, my project is ready: a fullstack e-commerce website called Progressio. It's not real though. You can't really buy anything and not all the pages are filled. But it was so fun (not always though). For some reasons, the code source is private. But I can walk you through if you have any questions. You can login with these test credentials: email: test@test.com password: Test12341! Live Demo User Registration & Login JWT Auth with Protected Routes Products Listing Search Cart & Favorites (synced with MongoDB + localStorage) Light/Dark/OS Theme Toggle (saved per user + localStorage) Recently Viewed Products Profile Page with: Avatar Name & Password change Cart & Favorites sync Account Delete Error & Success Feedback for All Actions Fully Responsive Design Basic Accessibility & Performance Frontend: React + TypeScript + CSS Backend: NodeJS + Express + TypeScript Database: MongoDB + Mongoose Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token) Password Hashing: bcrypt Deployment: Vercel & Render This project started as a challenge, but it taught me a lot. I look at what I built and I know it's not perfect. There were lots of other features I wanted to implement. But I felt like moving on and had to give myself some credit. My goal of connecting all the dots together was complete. And I feel more capable now. Feel free to tell me what you think. Your feedback is important to me.  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros teamed up with the US Junior Champion for an epic day on the links, sharing their excitement and reactions as they took on one of golf’s rising stars. Outside the play-by-play, they’re pushing their newsletter, Discord community and Twitch channel—and hawking all their favorite gear (Rhoback, Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo and more) through affiliate links in the video description. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory crunches the numbers on Donkey Kong’s iconic punch—comparing its raw power in Smash Bros. to its reality-warping strength in the new Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch. MatPat breaks down banana-fueled physics, sponsors (Boot.Dev, Theorywear, Epidemic Sound) in tow, to see if DK’s knuckle sandwich could level more than just a few barrels. Packed with surprising stats, cheeky nerdy analysis, and behind-the-scenes credits, this episode answers the burning question: just how deadly is Donkey Kong’s punch? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box dives into Konami’s latest promotion: a life-size puzzle box directly lifted from the creepy world of Silent Hill f. The article follows Kurt as he unboxes the eerie contraption and tackles its mind-bending mechanics. Armed with a mix of patience, curiosity, and a dash of game-inspired bravery, Kurt showcases each twist and turn required to unlock the mystery within—proving that real-life puzzles can be just as spine-tingling as their digital counterparts. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

PC Gamer’s first PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct streams live from Tokyo Game Show on September 28th! Hosted by Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s Midas, it’ll feature 30+ in-development titles, world-premiere trailers, behind-the-scenes developer chats, and all the biggest floor highlights. Catch the livestream at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST / 1am JST for your ultimate PC gaming fix. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Ghost Nodes: Red Teaming Social Graphs for Maximum Privacy Imagine a malicious actor subtly altering a social network to target specific users. Or, conversely, imagine you are hired to audit a network, tasked with finding its vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. Understanding how to manipulate network structures allows us to proactively defend against privacy breaches and potential exploitation. The core concept? We can subtly alter a graph's structure, specifically by injecting 'ghost nodes' and adjusting connections, to obscure an individual's true community affiliations. This prevents accurate community detection algorithms from correctly identifying sensitive group memberships, even when communities overlap. Think of it like this: You want to hide which team a player belongs to in…  ( 7 min )

Crimson Viper storms back into Street Fighter 6, which drops October 15, 2025. The latest gameplay pits two Level 7 CPUs against each other, giving us a front-row seat to her revamped combos and signature tech. From incendiary traps to lightning-fast punishes, Viper’s pyro-powered toolkit looks sharper than ever. Get ready for electrifying matchups and high-octane flair! Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

In Hollow Knight: Silksong you can get poisoned by muckmaggot water, but grabbing the Wreath of Purity in Act 2’s Putrified Ducts completely negates that pesky status effect. This quick guide walks you from Songclave through Memorium (including a secret exit), shows where to snag the Putrified Ducts map, and points out exactly where the Wreath of Purity is hiding so you can stop worrying about poison damage. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Project Retrograde drops you into a narrative-driven action survival adventure from Invercity Games Works. You play a gritty bounty hunter, scavenging and exploring ancient ruins to uncover the mysterious cause of a world-ending apocalypse. Armed with a unique Gungfu-centric combat system, you’ll fight to survive while piecing together the story. Coming soon to PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC (Steam). Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Storing More Than One Piece of Data So far, we've learned how to store single pieces of information in variables. But what happens when you need to manage a list of items, like a grocery list, or a collection of user settings? Storing each one in a separate variable would be a nightmare! This is where data collections come in. Go provides powerful, built-in types for managing groups of data. In this part, we'll focus on the two you'll use 99% of the time: Slices and Maps. A slice is the most common collection type you'll use in Go. Think of it as a dynamic, flexible list that can grow or shrink as needed. Analogy: A shopping list. You can start with a few items and add more as you think of them. The order of the items matters. Let's see it in action. package main import "fmt" func mai…  ( 9 min )

SIEM vs. SOAR: A Deep Dive into Modern Security Operations Introduction In today's increasingly complex and sophisticated threat landscape, organizations face a constant barrage of security alerts. Effectively managing and responding to these threats requires a robust and well-defined security operations center (SOC). At the heart of many modern SOCs lie two powerful technologies: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR). While both SIEM and SOAR contribute to a more resilient security posture, they serve distinct purposes and address different challenges within the SOC. Understanding their functionalities, differences, and potential for synergy is crucial for building a comprehensive and effective security strategy. T…  ( 10 min )

React Framer Motion Framer Motion is an open-source motion library for React, Created by Framer. Framer Motion is production-ready and offers a wide of features, it was created to help developers create smooth and interactive animations with ease. Key Features Framer Motion provides a variety of features to enhance your animation, including: Spring: Create natural and realistic animations using spring control. Keyframes: Define animations using keyframes for more control. Layout animation: Animate layout changes seamlessly. Shared layout animations: Coordinate animations across multiple components. Gestures: Add drag, tap, and hover interactions to your animation. Scroll animations: Animate elements based on scroll position. SVG paths: Animate SVG elements and paths. Exit a…  ( 7 min )

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The Building Blocks of a Program To build any useful program, we need a way to store and manage information—a user's name, a score in a game, or the price of a product. In programming, we do this using variables and data types. They are the most fundamental building blocks for handling data. Let's dive into how Go approaches this. Before we can store a piece of data, we must tell Go what kind of data it is. Go is a statically-typed language, which means it's very strict about this rule. Think of it like having labeled storage boxes: one for "Books", one for "Clothes", and one for "Toys". You can't put a toy in the book box. This strictness helps prevent many common bugs right from the start. Here are the four most essential data types in Go: string: Used for text. Any sequence of charact…  ( 8 min )

In my DevOps Journey Week 14, I moved from Docker & Compose into the world of Kubernetes. This was a huge milestone: learning how to handle scaling, automation, and thousands of users without downtime. Before K8s, I explored Docker networking: Bridge → local isolated communication Host → container shares host’s network Overlay → multi-host (Swarm, cluster setups) 🔹 Step 2: Docker Compose Next, I practiced multi-service apps: yaml version: "3.9" services: web: image: nginx db: image: mysql:5.7 With a single command: bash Copy code docker-compose up -d This was enough for small dev projects. 🔹 Step 3: Kubernetes — the Game Changer Here’s where Week 14 really leveled up. Kubernetes gave me: Scaling → add more pods instantly. Self-healing → crashed pods restart automatically. Rolling updates → zero downtime deploys. Load balancing → spread traffic across pods. Commands I used: bash Copy code kubectl create deployment web --image=nginx kubectl expose deployment web --type=NodePort --port=80 kubectl scale deployment web --replicas=5 kubectl get pods 🔥 Reflection Docker was my foundation. Docker Compose gave me small multi-service apps. But Kubernetes unlocked production-level orchestration. This week felt like moving from “developer” → “DevOps engineer.” #devops #docker #kubernetes #devto #devopsjourney  ( 6 min )

As a developer and tinkerer, I love taking control of my digital environment. This weekend, I decided to host my own password manager. My goal was simple: keep all my sensitive data private, accessible from multiple devices, while learning more about self-hosting, TLS, reverse proxies, and Docker on a low-power device. Here’s how the journey unfolded, along with problems I faced and solutions I discovered. Choosing the Right Tool I started by exploring the options. Cloud-based managers like 1Password or Bitwarden are convenient, but I wanted full control. Among self-hosted options, Vaultwarden stood out. It’s a lightweight, unofficial Bitwarden implementation, supports TOTP, and can run on low-resource devices like a Pi Zero 2W. For a solo developer like me, Vaultwarden was ideal: small …  ( 9 min )

Dynamic programming (DP) and memoization are powerful techniques for solving recursion-based problems efficiently. A common challenge is deciding the size and dimensions of your cache or DP array. This decision is crucial because it ensures all subproblems are stored without wasting space or overwriting results. Every DP or memoization array stores solutions to subproblems. To determine its size: Identify the state variables—the parameters that uniquely define a subproblem. Decide the range of values each state variable can take. Map each state variable to a dimension in the array. Rule of Thumb: One state variable → one dimension in the DP array. List all recursive parameters that influence the result. Determine the valid range of each parameter. For array indices, size = maxIndex + 1. Fo…  ( 7 min )

Ghostfolio is joining Hacktoberfest for the fourth time and we are looking forward to meeting new open-source contributors along the way. Every year in October, Hacktoberfest celebrates open source by highlighting projects, maintainers, and contributors from around the globe. Open source maintainers dedicate extra time to support new contributors while guiding them through their first pull requests on GitHub. Ghostfolio is a web application that makes it easy to manage your personal finances. It aggregates your assets and helps you make informed decisions to balance your portfolio or plan future investments. The software is fully written in TypeScript and organized as an Nx workspace, utilizing the latest framework releases. The backend is based on NestJS in combination with PostgreSQL as a database together with Prisma and Redis for caching. The frontend is developed with Angular. With over 200 contributors, the OSS project is used daily by a growing global community. Ghostfolio counts more than 6’500 stars on GitHub and 1’600’000+ pulls on Docker Hub, standing out for its simple and user-friendly experience. Every contribution makes a difference. Whether it is implementing new features, resolving bugs, refactoring code, enhancing documentation, adding unit tests, or translating content into another language, you can actively shape our project. New to our codebase? No worries! We have labeled a few issues with hacktoberfest that are ideal for newcomers. The official Hacktoberfest website provides some valuable resources for beginners to start contributing in open source. If you have further questions or ideas, please join our Slack community or get in touch on X @ghostfolio_. We look forward to collaborating. Thomas from Ghostfolio  ( 6 min )

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In Blog 1, we explored the Take / Not Take pattern in recursion, backtracking, and dynamic programming with basic examples. In this blog, we’ll dive deeper into how to optimize recursion using memoization and bottom-up dynamic programming, turning exponential solutions into efficient ones. At each decision point: Take → include the current element and update the state. Not Take → skip the current element and move to the next state. This forms the recursion tree, but pure recursion is often exponential. Example: Coin Change without memoization has a time complexity of (O(2^n)). By storing results of subproblems, we prevent recalculating them multiple times. class CoinChangeMemo { public int coinChange(int[] coins, int amount) { int n = coins.length; Integer[][] memo = ne…  ( 8 min )

Many algorithmic problems—from subsequences to combinatorial optimization—rely on a simple but powerful idea: “Take / Not Take.” Understanding this pattern is key to solving recursion, backtracking, and dynamic programming (DP) problems efficiently. At each step, you usually have two choices: Take → Include the current element/item and update the state. Not Take → Skip the current element/item and move to the next state. This binary choice forms the backbone of many recursive solutions and naturally extends to DP with memoization or tabulation. int helper(State state) { if (baseCaseReached) return baseValue; // Option 1: Take the current element int take = helper(updatedStateAfterTaking); // Option 2: Not take the current element int notTake = helper(updatedStateAfter…  ( 8 min )

My daughter loves playing Tic-Tac-Toe, it's simple, quick, and endlessly fun. Watching her strategize made me wonder: what if we could add a quantum twist to the game? Could we take this classic game and make it probabilistic, unpredictable, and, in a way, "truly quantum"? That curiosity led to Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe, a CLI game where cells can exist in a superposition, and your moves can collapse into deterministic ownership. You can find the source code here. Quantum computing is fundamentally about probabilities and superpositions. A qubit can be 0, 1, or both at the same time…until it's measured. I wanted a simple, interactive way to demonstrate this idea, and a well-known, yet simple game like Tic-Tac-Toe seemed perfect. Empty cell: available. Deterministic cell: a player owns it. Superp…  ( 8 min )

Hey everyone! Ever wondered how Node.js became the powerhouse it is today? It's a fascinating story of innovation, community, and even a little bit of drama. Let's dive into the history of Node.js in 60 seconds! 2009: The Beginning 🚀 2010: Enter npm 📦 2011-2012: Growth and a New Leader Windows support arrived in 2011, opening Node.js to a wider audience. In 2012, Ryan Dahl stepped back, and npm's creator, Isaac Schlueter, took the lead. 2014: The Great Fork 🍴 2015: Coming Together ❤️ 2019: A Unified Future 🌐 And that's the whirlwind history of Node.js! From a solo project to a cornerstone of modern web development governed by a global foundation.  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Adam Savage kicks things off by urging us to lead with empathy, kindness and respect—especially when the world feels hostile and chaotic. He’s cool with his past choices (no “would-have, could-have” regrets) because every stumble shaped who he is today. Then he dives into the “scarcity model,” warning that hoarding knowledge only creates a cut-throat vibe, whereas sharing skills breeds creativity and collaboration. And a quick note on gatekeeping vs. paying your dues: real mentorship invites you to learn the ropes, while gatekeeping just slams the door. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Back to School Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – 10/1/2025 Join 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free live Q&A where he pulls back the curtain on the mix bus, demos the techniques behind Gold & Platinum records, and dishes out career and production advice—all in real time. Expect plenty of pro tips on music production, mixing and recording, plus fun giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker to keep you tuned in. Hungry for more? Subscribe to the Mixing Night Audio channel, register on the Mixing Night Audio website for reminders, and explore Ken’s AllComp plugin deal, GreenHAAS discount, SoundCheck mix critiques, merch and more on his main site. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, the Suba-born MC fresh off his album Filantropía, stopped by the COLORS stage to drop a hypnotic, meditative cut called “Bambú.” It’s a chill but powerful showcase of his signature flow and style, captured in that clean, no-frills aesthetic you know from COLORS. COLORSxSTUDIOS is all about putting unique voices front and center: think 24/7 livestreams, curated playlists, and minimalist visuals that let artists shine. If you’re into discovering fresh sounds, their socials and streaming links are your next click. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes rocked the KEXP studio on August 1, 2025 with a tight live take of “Over.” Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr., the session was engineered by Kevin Suggs, mastered by Matt Ogaz, and captured by a crack team of cameras. Fronted by Natassya Sianturi’s vocals and keys, Sinatrya Dharaka’s guitar, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass (plus backup vox) and Sandy Kusuma on percussion, they deliver rich, layered grooves. Check out the full performance on KEXP or stream more at theemarloes.bandcamp.com—and consider joining the channel for extra perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village This teaser dives into the musical heritage of wartime Greenwich Village by spotlighting Century of Song, Noah Lefevre’s sprawling look at the last 100 years of American music—available now at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, and Indigo. For an extra dose of Village-era charm, give Dancing Willow’s haunting demo of “The Foggy Dew” a listen. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Golf Life Metals founder Jon Millman turned a pandemic hobby—crafting custom ball markers—into a touring pro staple, with his markers famously helping Rory McIlroy clinch the 2025 Masters and complete his career Grand Slam. Now Millman’s designs are front and center at Bethpage Black, as Golf Life Metals supplies personalized markers to both Team Europe and Team USA for the 2025 Ryder Cup. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros take on the US Junior Champion in a super fun round of golf, sharing all the highs (and friendly trash talk) along the way. They also drop details on how to join their newsletter, Discord, Twitch stream, and socials—plus a stack of sweet gear links and discount codes for Rhoback, Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo, Bruce Bolt Gloves and more. Don’t miss out on the freebies, deals, and behind-the-scenes golf action! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory host MatPat puts Donkey Kong’s iconic punch under the microscope, comparing its sheer force in Smash to the new Donkey Kong Bananza to figure out just how much damage that barrel-smashing swing can do IRL. Along the way you’ll catch sponsor shout-outs (Boot.Dev, Theorywear, Epidemic Sound) and a roll call of the braintrust behind the vid—so you can learn a thing or two about DK’s strength and maybe score some sweet discounts while you’re at it. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Silent Failure: The 'Low-Noise Trap' Crippling Your Generative AI Ever felt like your generative model is stuck, producing only blurry approximations instead of the sharp, diverse outputs you expected? Or maybe your carefully crafted embeddings are collapsing into a meaningless blob? The problem might be lurking in the quietest corner of your data: the low-noise region. The core issue is a subtle instability when training generative models via flow matching. Flow matching aims to learn a continuous transformation that maps random noise to your data distribution. But near-zero noise, tiny changes in input can trigger wildly disproportionate shifts in the model's desired output. It's like trying to balance a pencil on its tip – any slight tremor throws everything off. This "low-noise trap"…  ( 7 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei plunks you into the sandals of Atsu, a fresh-faced protagonist hell-bent on revenge. As you slice and sneak your way through Feudal Japan, you’ll flip between serene cherry-blossom groves and blood-slicked battlefields, keeping that tension dial permanently cranked. Minimalist storytelling and razor-sharp combat make every clash feel personal, blending the country’s haunting beauty with its brutal underbelly. It’s a short but impactful journey that proves vengeance can be as poetic as it is violent. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The out-of-the-box (OOB) Email-to-Case feature in Dynamics 365 CE Customer Service works well for most organizations. It automatically converts incoming customer emails into cases, saving agents time and ensuring customer issues are tracked properly. But real-world scenarios aren’t always that simple. Many implementations I’ve worked on needed custom processes because the OOB approach couldn’t handle all business requirements. In this post, I’ll outline when you can’t rely on OOB Email-to-Case and how to design a custom email-to-case process. Here are some situations where you may hit limitations: Multiple Mailboxes, One Case Process OOB ties conversion logic to a specific queue/mailbox. If you receive support emails from multiple addresses (e.g., support@, billing@, vip@) but want …  ( 7 min )

🤖 This blog post was created with AI assistance to help developers understand Uniface concepts better. The $abs function in Uniface 10.4 is a built-in ProcScript function that returns the absolute value of any numeric value you give it. But what does "absolute value" mean? 🤔 An absolute value is simply the distance of a number from zero, without considering whether it's positive or negative. In other words, it always gives you a positive result (or zero). The syntax is straightforward: $abs(X) Where X is any numeric value you want to get the absolute value of. vResult = $abs(-25) ; Result: vResult = 25 vNumber = 25 vResult = $abs(vNumber - 100) ; Since 25 - 100 = -75, the absolute value is 75 ; Result: vResult = 75 ; Calculate the difference between budget and actual costs vBudget = 50…  ( 7 min )

In modern cloud engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is no longer optional—it’s essential. As someone working in the cloud space, I’ve seen how manual resource provisioning can slow down deployment cycles and increase the risk of human error. This project demonstrates how I used AWS CloudFormation to deploy a dynamic website with a fully automated, scalable, and secure infrastructure. Prepare the Templates Ensure all parameters are correctly defined in the YAML files, including: Instance types VPC and subnet IDs Database credentials ALB and target group configurations Deploy the Stacks Using the AWS Management Console: Navigate to CloudFormation → Create Stack → Upload template. Deploy each stack in sequence: vpc.yaml nat-gateway.yaml rds-snapshot.yaml alb.yaml asg.yaml route-53.yaml …  ( 7 min )

ℹ️ This blog post was created with AI assistance to help explain technical concepts in simple terms. If you're working with Uniface 10.4, you might encounter the $acos function and wonder what it does. Let's break it down in simple terms! 📚 The $acos function calculates the arc cosine (also called inverse cosine) of a number. Think of it as the reverse of the cosine function - instead of taking an angle and finding its cosine value, it takes a cosine value and finds the original angle. Arc cosine means "the angle whose cosine is X". The result is always given in radians (a unit for measuring angles, where π radians equals 180 degrees). 📐 The syntax is straightforward: $acos(X) Where X must be a number between -1 and 1 (inclusive). This range limitation exists because cosine values can o…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I built Devfolio — the ultimate portfolio builder that lets anyone create a professional-looking resume/portfolio in seconds. The idea came from the frustration of always having to redesign resumes or tweak portfolios whenever applying for new jobs. With Devfolio, you can: Choose from multiple templates (Classic, Creative, Kendo). Customize fonts, themes, and profile settings. Add your work experience, projects, and skills with ease. Instantly preview your portfolio in real-time. It’s simple, clean, and gives developers, designers, and job-seekers a way to stand out without spending hours fiddling with formatting. 🔗 [Live Demo Link] https://devfolio-kendo.netlify.app/ https://github.com/popcorn150/Devfolio To make Devfolio not just beautiful but also snappy and user-friendly, I leaned on 10 free KendoReact components: Button – toolbar actions and add/remove sections DatePicker – work experience start/end dates DropDownList – font family selector Input – text fields like name, role, and company TextArea – bio and project/experience descriptions Label – clean field labels in the sidebar RadioGroup – theme switcher (light, dark, custom) Checkbox – “currently working here” & export settings toggle Switch – profile photo on/off toggle NumericTextBox – global years of experience field With these, I hit the hackathon requirement while keeping the UX smooth and intuitive. ⚡ With Devfolio, you don’t just build a resume — you build your story in seconds.  ( 8 min )

Introduction I'm the author of tree-sitter-unreal-cpp, a custom Tree-sitter parser for Unreal Engine's C++ dialect. Recently, I decided to update my Neovim setup to the bleeding-edge main branch of nvim-treesitter. I expected a few hiccups, but what I got was a complete system failure: all my carefully crafted syntax highlighting for Unreal Engine macros had vanished. 😱 What followed was a deep dive into the new nvim-treesitter architecture. This post documents that debugging journey and the key discoveries I made, which culminated in a successful migration. If you're a plugin author or use custom parsers, I hope my experience can save you some time. My goal was to get my custom highlights for macros like UCLASS and specifiers like Blueprintable working again. I started by systematicall…  ( 9 min )

So you’ve been running your site on WordPress, but now Gatsby is calling your name. Maybe you want faster load times, better security, or just a break from endless plugin updates. I’ve been there, and trust me—it can feel intimidating at first. But moving from WordPress to Gatsby doesn’t have to be a nightmare. In this guide, I’ll walk you through why businesses make this switch, how to plan it properly, and the exact steps to migrate your WordPress site to Gatsby successfully. Let’s be real: WordPress is great for a lot of things, but it’s not always the best fit for performance-hungry, SEO-focused businesses. Here’s why many site owners are making the WordPress to Gatsby transition: Speed that spoils you – Gatsby pre-renders pages as static HTML, so they load insanely fast. Google loves …  ( 8 min )

I’ve been digging through the 2025 Release Wave 2 plans and some preview articles, and I wanted to share what I found from a developer and maker perspective. While most announcements highlight Copilot and AI, there are several changes that will directly affect developers — especially around solution management, extensibility, and integration patterns. Here’s a summary of the Wave 2 features that stood out to me, and why they matter in real projects. Dynamics development is shifting as Copilot and agents become part of solution design. ALM pipelines may need adjustments for new solution components. Some older approaches, like DOM-based customizations, are at risk with UI updates. This release is as relevant for developers as it is for business users. Wave 2 brings MCP integration (the…  ( 7 min )

🌟 Introduction Not long ago, the typical career dream for Indian students was simple: study hard, get into a good college, secure a stable job, preferably in IT or banking. But today, a powerful shift is happening. Instead of asking “Which company should I join?”, many students now ask “Which company should I start?” This mindset change has given rise to a wave of student entrepreneurs across India. Supported by entrepreneurship cells (E-Cells), hackathons, startup incubators, and government initiatives, students are turning their ideas into real businesses even before graduating. In fact, many of today’s top startups began as college projects or dorm room ideas. Let’s dive into why student entrepreneurship is booming, the opportunities it creates, the challenges young founders face, and …  ( 8 min )

LLMs are powerful, but they don’t know your data. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) bridges this gap by combining document retrieval with large language models (LLMs) to produce grounded, context-aware answers. This post focuses on the concepts behind RAG and the technology stack required to implement it end-to-end. No code yet—just the mental model and architectural components. I am sure all of you know definition of RAG so I would directly dive into technical details. At its core, RAG has two loops: Indexing (knowledge preparation) Ingest raw documents → chunk → embed → store in a search index. Answering (knowledge retrieval) User query → embed → retrieve relevant chunks → combine with query → LLM produces a grounded answer. RAG ensures the LLM’s answers are accurat…  ( 8 min )

If you’ve checked out the recent update to Glyph Catalog, you already know it’s now faster, cleaner, and better organized. But behind that smooth release was a major refactoring effort. In this post, I’ll share what changed, why I changed it, and what I learned along the way. This is less of a “what’s new” announcement and more of a developer’s journal. When I first built Glyph Catalog, the goal was simple: display symbols with their Unicode and HTML codes in a table format. That worked fine at first, but as the collection grew, cracks started showing: Nested Table Structure → I originally used a Category → Major → Minor structure but displayed everything in one large table. The Table of Contents jumped around between categories instead of having dedicated pages. It quickly became messy an…  ( 8 min )

Vectors in C++: The Smart Dynamic Array Saiful Islam ・ Sep 28 #programming #performance  ( 5 min )

tl;dr Adam Savage’s prescription for these sketchy, polarized days boils down to empathy, kindness and respect—both for others and yourself. He wouldn’t go back and change much about his past, since every stumble taught him something valuable; instead, he encourages owning your mistakes and using them to grow. He also digs into what he calls the “scarcity model”—that fear-driven mindset where you think opportunities are limited, so you hoard knowledge, attention or resources. That’s what turns sharing into gatekeeping. By contrast, asking folks to pay their dues is about setting standards and helping them build real skills, not shutting them out. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Grab your seat for a free, live audio Q&A with 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis (114 Gold & Platinum credits, 30+ years in the industry). Watch him demo pro mixing techniques, tackle your questions on the mix bus, production, recording and even career tips. Expect plenty of insider advice, practical tricks and cool giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker. Tune in on TikTok or register on Mixing Night Audio to join the fun! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, the Suba-born MC, stops by COLORS with a moody performance of his new single “Bambú,” an atmospheric follow-up to his latest album Filantropía. The stripped-back stage highlights his smooth flow and introspective lyrics, making the track feel like a meditative moment. COLORSxSTUDIOS prides itself on minimalism—no distractions, no frills—just a crystal-clear spotlight on emerging global talent. Dive into their round-the-clock stream, curated playlists, and discover your next favorite artist. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes dropped a sweaty, soul-infused version of “Over” live in the KEXP studio, recorded on August 1, 2025. Fronted by Natassya Sianturi’s soaring vocals and keys, with Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar, Rhesa Filbert on bass, Tommy Satrio on drums and Sandy Kusuma adding percussion and backup vox, the band seamlessly blends punchy rhythms with lush harmonies. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr., engineered by Kevin Suggs and mastered by Matt Ogaz, the session was captured by a dream team of cameras (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) and polished in the edit suite by Luke Knecht. Dive deeper at theemarloes.bandcamp.com or relive it at kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village Get ready to dive into Noah Lefevre’s newest anthology, Century of Song, a rollicking journey through the tunes that shaped American history. You can snag your copy at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon or Indigo—links provided for your shopping convenience. And if you need a sonic teaser, check out Dancing Willow’s haunting demo of “The Foggy Dew” on Wikimedia Commons. It’s the perfect soundtrack to whet your appetite for more war-time ballads and folk classics. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Hidden Keepsake What began as Jon Millman’s pandemic pastime—crafting custom ball markers—has turned into a must-have for the world’s best golfers. His Golf Life Metals markers even helped Rory McIlroy clinch his career grand slam at the 2025 Masters. Now, both Team Europe and Team USA will be sporting Millman’s bespoke markers at Bethpage Black for the 2025 Ryder Cup, proving that a little piece of metal can carry some serious tour-level mojo. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory tackles the question: just how deadly is Donkey Kong’s punch? MatPat crunches the numbers across Smash Ultimate and the new Donkey Kong Bananza to see if DK’s fist could really level more than banana crates—think mountain-smashing potential and beyond! Huge thanks to Boot.Dev (use code THEGAMETHEORISTS for 25% off your first payment) and Epidemic Sound for the epic soundtrack. Shoutouts to the writers, editors, and sound designer who helped bring this explosive theory to life! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei drops you into Feudal Japan alongside Atsu, a brand-new protagonist hellbent on revenge. The game masterfully balances breathtaking landscapes with brutal combat, making every encounter feel alive and urgent. Atsu’s personal crusade gives the story a razor-sharp focus, pulling you deeper into a world where beauty and bloodshed collide. If you’re craving a revenge saga wrapped in stunning visuals and fierce samurai action, this one’s worth a look. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving the REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami sent over a life-size puzzle box straight out of Silent Hill f, and host Kurt dives right into it. He cracks open every twist, slide and rattle, trying to unearth its hidden secrets. Along the way, Kurt’s mix of frustration, triumph and sheer curiosity keeps things entertaining—proving that even horror-themed brain teasers can be a blast in real life. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025 Livestream Get ready for PC Gamer’s first-ever Tokyo Direct, broadcasting live from Tokyo Game Show on September 28, 2025! Hosts Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s very own Midas will guide you through over 30 in-development games, world-premiere trailers, behind-the-scenes developer interviews, and the biggest highlights from the TGS show floor. Catch all the action at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST and be among the first to see what’s next in PC gaming. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

C. Viper Makes Her Return Crimson Viper is stomping back into Street Fighter 6, which drops on October 15, 2025. In this new showcase, two Level 7 CPUs duke it out to highlight her signature tech and explosive moves. Watch as the high-level AI flexes Viper’s arsenal, from seismic shocks to blazing combos, giving a taste of the firepower she brings to the roster. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Xbox Hikes Price—Again! Xbox has bumped up its price for the second time this year, and hosts Lucy James and Kurt Indovina aren’t holding back. They debate what a fair sticker price should look like now that Microsoft keeps leaning on gamers’ wallets. But do price tags even matter when every gadget these days feels like an Xbox? Between streaming sticks, PCs, and cloud gaming, Kurt and Lucy wonder if we’ve hit peak console saturation—and if gamers are just paying for the badge at this point. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

React Hooks are one of the most powerful features in React, allowing us to reuse stateful logic elegantly. But with great power comes strict rules. Breaking them leads to confusing errors — the kind that make you scratch your head at 2 AM. In this blog, we’ll go deep into the Rules of Hooks, explore what to do and what not to do, and finish with expert tips so you can write bulletproof React code. Hooks are special JavaScript functions (like useState, useEffect, useContext) that let you "hook into" React’s internal features. ✅ They are always prefixed with use. ✅ They must be called while React is rendering a functional component. Call Hooks at the Top Level Never call Hooks inside loops, conditions, nested functions, or try/catch. ✔️ Good: function Counter() { const [count,…  ( 8 min )

Implementing Emergent Tool Use in Multi-Agent AI Systems Through Meta-Learning and Environment Scaffolding How I discovered unexpected tool invention while building AgentForge, and what it means for the future of autonomous AI systems It was 2 AM, and I was staring at my terminal in disbelief. My experimental multi-agent system, which I'd codenamed "AgentForge," had just done something I hadn't programmed it to do. Instead of using the pre-defined API tools I'd provided, the agents had started creating their own data structures and communication protocols. One agent had essentially invented a makeshift caching system, while another had developed a primitive load-balancing mechanism. They weren't just using tools—they were building them. This moment of emergent tool use wasn't in my origi…  ( 12 min )

Originally published at https://www.nocobase.com/en/blog/microsoft-access-open-source-alternatives. On Reddit, one developer vividly described the lifecycle of Microsoft Access as below: This description neatly sums up how Access is often used in real-world businesses: starting as a convenient tool, then shared across teams, eventually running into corruption and performance bottlenecks, and finally being replaced by more modern database solutions. As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access is indeed easy to get started with. However, it has well-known limitations in performance, security, and scalability: Limited performance: The maximum size of a single database file is 2GB. Performance declines sharply with large datasets and high concurrency. Weak security: Database files can be ea…  ( 10 min )

Rate limiting is a lifesaver in distributed systems. Without it, APIs, message queues, or servers can choke under sudden traffic spikes, leading to slowdowns or crashes. The Leaky Bucket algorithm is a go-to solution for keeping request rates steady and predictable. Unlike other methods that might allow bursts, this algorithm enforces a smooth flow, which is perfect for systems that can’t handle surprises. I’ve always found the Leaky Bucket’s simplicity elegant. It’s not just about capping requests—it’s about ensuring your system behaves predictably under pressure. Let’s break down how it works, why it’s useful, and how to implement it effectively. The Leaky Bucket algorithm comes from network traffic shaping, originally used in routers to manage data packet flow. Today, it’s a staple in A…  ( 8 min )

A quick reference for the most common and useful Git commands. Command Description git init Initialize a new Git repository in the current directory. git clone [repo-url] Clone an existing repository. git remote -v List remote repositories connected to your project. git remote add origin [url] Link a local repo to a remote repo. git branch -M [new-name] Rename the current branch (commonly main). Command Description git add [file/dir] Stage a file or directory for commit. git add . Stage all changes in the current directory. git rm [file] Remove a file and stage the removal. git mv [old] [new] Rename or move a file. Command Description git commit -m "msg" Commit staged changes with a message. git commit -am "msg" Stage and commit tracked files in o…  ( 7 min )

Advanced WebAssembly Performance Optimization: Pushing the Limits of Web Performance WebAssembly (Wasm) has revolutionized web development by enabling near-native performance in the browser. But as developers push the boundaries of what's possible with WebAssembly, performance optimization becomes critical. Whether you're building complex web applications, games, or computational tools, understanding advanced optimization techniques can mean the difference between a sluggish experience and buttery-smooth performance. In this comprehensive guide, we'll dive deep into advanced WebAssembly performance optimization techniques that go beyond the basics. We'll explore memory management, parallel processing, compiler optimizations, and real-world strategies that can help you squeeze every last…  ( 11 min )

Machine Learning Model Optimization at Scale: From Theory to Production Introduction In today's data-driven world, machine learning models are no longer academic curiosities but critical components powering everything from recommendation systems to autonomous vehicles. However, as organizations scale their ML operations, they face a daunting challenge: how to optimize models that process terabytes of data and serve millions of users while maintaining performance, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness. The journey from a proof-of-concept model to a production-ready system serving real-time predictions at scale involves numerous optimization techniques across the entire ML lifecycle. This comprehensive guide explores the strategies, tools, and best practices for optimizing machine le…  ( 11 min )

*Introduction * Whether you're just dipping your toes into Linux or managing a full-blown Ubuntu server, knowing your way around the terminal is non-negotiable. In this guide, we’ll walk through the most essential Ubuntu commands—step by step—explaining not just how to use them, but why they matter. From installing packages to navigating directories and monitoring system health, this article is your launchpad into the world of Linux command-line mastery. Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions, widely used for development, server management, and learning Linux fundamentals. Below is a breakdown of key commands every Ubuntu user should know, what they do, and why they’re important. 🔐 sudo su What it does: Switches to the superuser (root) account. Why it matters: Some tasks re…  ( 8 min )

I built MiniTools - Privacy-first utilities that don't ask for your email Asif Nawaz ・ Sep 23 #webdev #showdev #nextjs #privacy  ( 6 min )

Level Up Your IDE: How to Choose the Right AI for Your Multi-File Project Stop coding alone. Start developing with an AI that knows your entire codebase. If your project has more than one file (which is, well, all of them), you need an AI tool that’s truly context-aware. A simple autocomplete tool just won't cut it when a class definition is in one folder and the implementation is five files away. You asked about AI coding tools that integrate with Visual Studio and understand multi-file context—a developer's sweet spot. Here is your breakdown of the best players and how they handle your complex projects. When you're working on feature_x.js, a smart AI needs to know: Dependencies: Where is the Customer class defined? (Probably in models/customer.py). API Usage: What are the arguments for…  ( 8 min )

This KITT From Knight Rider Actually Transforms! TOMY’s latest prototype is a 1:10 scale die-cast KITT that lights up, talks and even goes into full Super Pursuit Mode—just like on the show. It’s sized to match last year’s DeLorean replica, so you can build the ultimate TV-car duo. Want one? Head over to Backerkit to back the project and see Chris Huisman demo every flip, flicker and turbo boost. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. The weather-app project is a frontend-mentor ongoing challenge for collecting and displaying live weather information for visitors based on their current location or search results. You can find the project hosted on vercel Project Repository Following the list of KendoReact used components: Skeleton Button UnstyledContext Loader SvgIcon Input  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone 👋 I’ve started curating Awesome LLM Resources — a collection of: 📚 Libraries & Frameworks 🧪 Evaluation & Testing Tools 📊 Datasets 📖 Tutorials & Guides 📝 Research Papers ⚡ Example Projects It’s open-source and community-driven, so the list keeps growing with contributions. 💡 Have a favorite LLM dataset, tool, or paper? Share it with us! Submit a PR and let’s build the ultimate collection of LLM resources together. 🙌 👉 Add it here → Awesome LLM Resources Prefer browsing instead of scrolling through a README? Check out the custom website  ( 6 min )

Full text can also be viewed here. Setting up a WireGuard VPN for privacy and security involves setting up both server and client side systems. This guide explains how to set up a client side Linux system - with or without Pi-hole DNS filtering on the home network - and then configure the system so that WireGuard settings will switch depending on if the client system is on the home network or not. This is necessary because the WireGuard client will break your network connection if you are on your home network, and there is no need to manually switch your VPN client on and off when automation exists. This guide assumes a WireGuard VPN server is set up, and port forwarding is configured on the home router. This guide is also written for Linux Mint - while this should also work for most Debia…  ( 13 min )

Drop your Projects name and details in the comments. I’ll circle back with you here! and we can tweak small things to match your site’s flow. Let’s make those web projects shine from code to branding! 💻  ( 6 min )

Learn JavaScript Strict Mode in this beginner-friendly guide. Understand what use strict does, why it matters, and how to use it with examples. When you write JavaScript, it’s easy to make little errors that are missed. These errors might not break your code immediately, but they can cause problems later. To help developers avoid such issues, JavaScript introduced Strict Mode. By enabling Strict Mode, you write cleaner, safer, and more reliable code. Strict Mode is activated by adding 'use strict' at the beginning of a script or a function. Once enabled, JavaScript enforces stricter rules, making it simpler to identify errors early. What Strict Mode is and why it exists. How to enable Strict Mode in JavaScript. Key differences between normal JavaScript and Strict Mode. Common errors caught…  ( 8 min )

Read the original article：When displayed in landscape mode, the page content is blocked by the hole area Problem Description The application does not avoid the hole area in the horizontal screen, and the page content is blocked by the hole area. Background Knowledge When developing an application interface, the application interface is usually more focused on the content, and users are not wanted to be distracted by irrelevant elements. In order to maximize the user experience, immersive adaptation of the page is often required . Immersive page development is mostly done by extending the application page to the status bar and navigation bar, which usually includes the following steps: Use the setWindowLayoutFullScreen method to set the window to full-screen mode. Use the getWindowAvoidArea…  ( 7 min )

O que são Streams de Dados? Um stream de dados é um fluxo contínuo e potencialmente infinito de registros de dados que são gerados e processados em tempo real. Diferentemente dos dados tradicionais em lote (batch), os streams representam informações que fluem constantemente, como um rio que nunca para de correr. Imagine dados como gotas de chuva caindo continuamente — cada gota representa um evento ou registro, e o conjunto forma um fluxo constante de informações que precisa ser capturado e processado no momento em que acontece. Continuidade Temporal Os dados chegam de forma contínua, sem intervalos predefinidos. Em teoria um stream pode ser infinito, mas na prática aplicam-se janelas de tempo (time windows) para agrupar e processar eventos em blocos lógicos. Ordem Temporal Os evento…  ( 8 min )

In the fast-paced world of technology, staying relevant as a developer is more crucial than ever. New programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms emerge at an astonishing rate, making it essential for developers to continuously enhance their skills. But how can you effectively navigate this sea of information and ensure your growth as a developer? In this article, we’ll explore practical strategies for continuous learning, backed by insights from a vibrant Reddit discussion. As developers, we are often faced with the challenge of keeping up with the latest trends and technologies. Continuous learning is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity. Here are a few reasons why adopting a learning mindset is vital for your career: Tech Evolution: Technology evolves rapidly. What was cutting-edg…  ( 9 min )

Introduction When I start something new in Raku with Cro, I almost always begin with a mental sketch: two or three routes, a response shape, maybe a typed segment. In the Perl world I leaned heavily on Mojolicious::Lite for that prototyping phase. In Cro—powerful and modular as it is—I missed an immediate “lite mode”: no manual wiring of server, pipeline, and router just to test a thought. Out of that friction came Crolite: a thin layer that re‑exports Cro's routing keywords and adds a multi MAIN with quick exploration commands. Goal: Make minimal HTTP prototypes trivial while ideas mature. Approach: Reuse Cro's router directly; no new DSL. Deliverable: A collected RouteSet + a tiny embedded CLI. Philosophy: “Start now; graduate later to a full Cro app.” From a local checkout (inside the…  ( 8 min )

Promises provide powerful asynchronous program flow-control, but one of the things they do not currently handle are maps/hashes of promises. Promise.all() accepts an array, but it can be cumbersome to track things by index when multiple async actions are needed, e.g. setting up a form or executing an action that requires permissions. It would be nice, sometimes, to be able to pass a named object instead of an array. // An imaginary future where this concept exists Promise.hash({ config: getAppConfig(), i18n: getFormattingDirectives(), l10n: getLocaleStrings(), permissions: getPermissions(), rules: getFormRules(), }); While we don't have such a method, creating one turns out to be really straightforward. Let's take a look. Accept a "promise hash" – an object with key-value pairs …  ( 9 min )

Manufacturing has always been a mix of physical operations and digital control. With Industry 4.0 gaining momentum, software systems play a critical role in connecting machines, operators, and enterprise systems like ERP. But when it comes to developing software for a single plant deployment that still needs to scale in the future, what architecture works best? In this blog, I’ll outline a reference approach — based on practical factors like integration with PLCs, ERP systems (like SAP), on‑premise requirements, and cybersecurity. 1. Understanding the Two Worlds: Transactional vs. Event-Driven Manufacturing software must bridge two fundamentally different types of workflows: Transactional (ERP-like) Workflows: Examples: production orders, material movements, finance approvals. Requires s…  ( 7 min )

Cloak and Swagger: Hiding in Plain Sight on Social Networks Ever felt like social network algorithms know a little too much about you? What if your perfectly curated online persona is being dissected to reveal sensitive community affiliations you'd rather keep private? We're not talking tinfoil hats here; we're talking about proactively managing your digital footprint. The key lies in subtly reshaping the network's perception. Imagine planting decoys in a maze to mislead pursuers. That's the idea behind using 'proxy nodes' – strategically positioned fake accounts or profiles that act as diversions, confusing the algorithms attempting to map your connections and predict your group memberships. These proxy nodes, when cleverly placed, can disrupt the accuracy of community detection algorit…  ( 7 min )

Bitcoin will perform like Nvidia and record several major corrections on its path to new all-time highs, analyst Jordi Visser said.

Sound money forces governments and individuals to embrace fiscal discipline, while currency inflation encourages reckless spending.

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov said that French intelligence pressured Telegram into censoring political content, which he refused to do.

XRP price must hold above $2.75 to ignite a recovery in October, which could be triggered by spot ETF approval and the potential influx of institutional capital.

Web3 launchpads have become cash-grab funnels funding ideas without substance. The industry needs platforms that build better, not just raise more.

Singapore and the UAE rank as the world’s most crypto-obsessed countries amid high ownership, search activity and rapid adoption growth.

The choice between Bitcoin and stocks isn’t simple. Here’s how analysts and data reveal how investors can approach it.

Learn how option expiries in Bitcoin and Ether derivatives markets can cause price swings that catch inexperienced traders off guard.

ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood says Hyperliquid reminds her of Solana’s early days, but maintains that Bitcoin remains the core of her crypto thesis.

Nation-state Bitcoin adoption is at the “tail end" of the gradual stage and entering "the beginning phases of suddenly," Jan3 founder Samson Mow said.

A CoinGecko survey published on Monday found that 10% of respondents have never bought Bitcoin, and only 54% of newcomers started with it in their stash.

Strive's Semler buy, the first DAT-to-DAT deal, cements “Bitcoin per share” as the key metric while setting the stage for a broader wave of consolidation.  ( 31 min )

James van Straten sees a slow grind with 10–20% pullbacks while Michaël van de Poppe flags $112K as the trigger for an altcoin rally.  ( 32 min )

Platforms like M^0 and Agora are addressing the issue by allowing stablecoin infrastructure to be built to route yield to applications or directly to end users.  ( 30 min )

The government has confirmed that the initial phase of the Budi Madani RON95 (BUDI95) initiative is now in effect and is proceeding smoothly across petrol stations nationwide. The programme, which falls under the Subsidised Petrol Control System (SKPS), began its rollout yesterday on 27 September 2025 for police and military personnel. Today’s phase includes recipients […] The post Govt: Initial BUDI95 Subsidy Phase Smooth; Preparations In Place For Full Rollout appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Xiaomi SU7 and SU7 Ultra have yet to enter the local market, though the former did make an appearance at KLCC back in October 2024. While many are waiting for its debut in Malaysia, the good news is that you can now purchase the diecast models of both cars. The models include many premium features, […] The post Xiaomi SU7 Diecast Models Available in Malaysia; Priced At RM399 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Xbox announced that it is taking the Forza Horizon series to Japan with Forza Horizon 6. Its trailer was shown off as part of the Microsoft gaming subsidiary’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 showcase. While it was just a very generic garage scene in the beginning, closer to the end some unmistakably Asian elements were added […] The post Forza Horizon 6 Takes The Series To Japan; Gets On PS5 Post Launch appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

vivo has confirmed that it will be bringing OriginOS to the global market. This software will be replacing the Funtouch OS currently in use for the international versions of vivo and iQOO phones. Previously exclusive to China, OriginOS is set to launch internationally on 15 October 2025. To be more specific, the company will be […] The post OriginOS Global Launch Slated For 15 October 2025 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Hi, I’m Minmin55. I'm currently learning C++ and improving my English skills at the same time. 👉 Space Invaders from Scratch by Nick Tasios How to structure a simple game loop Basic use of SDL2 in C++ Entity management and rendering The challenge of writing readable and maintainable code 🔗 GitHub - invader_game Add more enemy types Implement score system Improve graphics and sound Translate UI into Japanese Add mobile support (maybe someday…) Thanks for reading! Feel free to give me feedback 🙏  ( 6 min )

O Apache Kafka é uma plataforma distribuída de streaming de dados em tempo real, desenvolvida originalmente pelo LinkedIn e posteriormente doada à Apache Software Foundation. O Kafka foi projetado para lidar com grandes volumes de dados de forma eficiente, confiável e escalável. Em termos simples, o Kafka funciona como um "sistema nervoso" para aplicações modernas, permitindo que diferentes sistemas se comuniquem através do envio e recebimento de mensagens em tempo real. Um stream de dados é um fluxo contínuo de informações que são geradas constantemente por diversas fontes. Imagine um rio que nunca para de fluir - os dados são como a água, sempre em movimento, chegando continuamente de diferentes afluentes (fontes de dados). Contínuos: Os dados chegam constantemente, sem interrupção Orde…  ( 7 min )

In modern software architecture,Jamstack separates the frontend from the backend through API consumption. Traditionally, this has been achieved with RESTful APIs, which enable data exchange between server and client. However, REST often causes performance issues, such as over-fetching and added complexity. A client may need only a small subset of data, but a REST endpoint might return an entire dataset, which can slow applications and increase bandwidth usage. GraphQL addresses these challenges by allowing the frontend to request exactly the data it needs in a single query, which reduces unnecessary network calls, avoids unnecessary data in the response, and improves performance. GraphQL provides powerful features that address the limitations of REST, making it an attractive approach for m…  ( 8 min )

Author: A senior DevOps engineer who’s broken (and fixed) too many clusters so you don’t have to. Carve tenants with Namespaces to isolate RBAC, policies, and quotas per team. Enforce fair sharing with ResourceQuota + LimitRange so noisy neighbors can’t starve the cluster. Lock down traffic with NetworkPolicy: start with default-deny, then allow the minimum (DNS, app→DB). Harden workloads with Pod Security Admission (PSA) to block privileged/unsafe pod specs at the namespace boundary. Ship a repeatable baseline: two team namespaces, quotas/limits, default-deny + specific allows, PSA restricted. A Kubernetes cluster (≥ v1.28 recommended) and kubectl configured. Cluster has CNI that supports NetworkPolicy (Calico, Cilium, Antrea, etc.). Helm optional (not required here). You have cluster-adm…  ( 12 min )

TL;DR Adam Savage kicks off by reminding us that in these wild, uncertain times, the best tools we have are empathy, kindness and respect—for ourselves and each other. When asked if he’d redo any of his past, he says nah – our mistakes are stepping stones that shaped who we are today. He then dives into the “scarcity model,” pointing out that viewing resources (ideas, opportunities, community) as limited only holds us back. Finally, he unpacks gatekeeping versus paying your dues: gatekeeping shuts people out for arbitrary reasons, while asking someone to earn experience or mastery can be a healthy rite of passage. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT (10/1/2025) Join 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free, live monthly Q&A where he breaks down the mix techniques behind hit records. With over 30 years in the major-label game and credits on 114 Gold & Platinum projects, Ken walks you through mix bus tricks, production tips, recording advice and career pointers—all in a fun, laid-back livestream. Stick around for awesome giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, plus links to subscribe, gear deals and mix critique services. Whether you’re tweaking your own tracks or just nerding out on pro audio, this is your backstage pass to real-world mixing magic. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair – the Suba, Bogotá MC behind last year’s Filantropía – just rocked the COLORS stage with a meditative, stripped-back take on his brand-new single “Bambú.” His intimate performance highlights that signature flow and lush production, giving the song room to breathe. As always, COLORSxSTUDIOS keeps things minimal and focused, spotlighting standout global talent in a clean, aesthetic setting. If you’re into nonstop discovery, check out their 24/7 stream, curated playlists and socials for more fresh sounds. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Over” (Live on KEXP) KEXP hosted Thee Marloes in their Seattle studio on August 1, 2025 for a live take on “Over.” Fronted by Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys) alongside Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Rhesa Filbert (bass), Tommy Satrio (drums) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion), the Indonesian outfit brings a fresh, dynamic energy to the session. Behind the scenes, Larry Mizell Jr. steered the show while Kevin Suggs handled audio engineering and Matt Ogaz took care of mastering. Camera work was shared by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht (who also edited). Dive into the full performance at kexp.org or explore more tunes on theemarloes.bandcamp.com. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village serves up a quick shout-out to the new book “Century of Song,” complete with direct purchase links at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon and Indigo so you can dive into the most important music of the last century. Plus, if you want a taste of that Village vibe, there’s a link to Dancing Willow’s haunting demo of “The Foggy Dew.” Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? What a day! We hit the course with the US Junior champ for an unforgettable round, pushing our games to the limit and soaking up every moment of that high-level showdown. Hungry for more? Join our newsletter, jump into Discord, catch us live on Twitch and YouTube, and grab killer gear deals from Rhoback, Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomos and more. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory takes a deep dive into just how devastating Donkey Kong’s punch really is—tracing its Smash Bros. roots and cranking up the power even further in the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch. Expect a wild physics breakdown that might have you wondering if DK could punch holes through mountains (or at least ruin a few unsuspecting barrels). Along the way, MatPat shouts out sponsors like Boot.Dev (grab 25% off with code THEGAMETHEORISTS) and Theorywear merch, plus props to writers Tom Robinson & Zaech Stew, editors Axellent, Koen Verhagen, Marc Schneider & Jerika, and sound maestro Yosi Berman for making this theory-packed episode happen. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei drops you into the shoes of Atsu, a fierce new protagonist driven by a thirst for revenge. You’ll journey through Feudal Japan’s stunning landscapes—where cherry-blossom beauty collides with brutal violence—and uncover the dark motivations that fuel Atsu’s quest. This revenge tale keeps things gripping from start to finish, blending moments of serene wonder with raw, savage action. It’s a poetic yet punishing look at an era where honor and bloodshed walk hand in hand. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami just sent over a real-life puzzle box ripped straight from the creepy corridors of Silent Hill f, and we’re tagging along to watch Kurt’s reaction. Watch as he wrestles with its twisted gears, hidden compartments, and cryptic design—because nothing says “nightmare fuel” like trying to solve a horror game puzzle in the real world. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025 Livestream Get ready for PC Gamer’s first-ever PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, broadcasting live from Tokyo Games Show on September 28th. Expect over 30 games in development, fresh trailers, world-premiere announcements, behind-the-scenes developer interviews and a deep dive into the biggest floor features of TGS. Hosted by Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s resident hype man Midas, the show kicks off at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST—so grab your snacks, tune in and be among the first to see what’s next for PC gaming! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

C. Viper is back in Street Fighter 6, dropping October 15, 2025. In this teaser, two Level 7 CPUs face off to showcase Crimson Viper’s slick tech and gameplay mechanics. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Xbox Price Hike TL;DR Xbox just slapped on its second price increase of the year, sparking a lively chat between Lucy and Kurt about what the console should actually cost. They also debate whether price even matters anymore when every streaming box, PC and smart TV feels like “an Xbox” these days. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Hey DevTO fam! Let's talk about something that's been bugging me for weeks. I keep seeing companies celebrating their SOC 2 compliance like they just won the Champions League, but then getting absolutely destroyed by supply chain attacks. It's like locking your front door but leaving all your windows wide open. I was researching for a client project when I stumbled across some data that made me spit out my morning coffee: Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Report: 30% of all breaches now involve third-parties (that's doubled in one year!) IBM's Cost of Data Breach Report 2025: Average breach cost: $4.44 million globally, $10.22 million in the US Supply chain breaches take 267 days to detect and fix BlackBerry Research: 75% of organizations got hit by supply chain attacks last year So while we're a…  ( 8 min )

🧬 UBI Coins: The Monetary System That Politicians Can’t Hijack Governments are pushing digital ID systems like the UK’s BritCard, which force citizens to install surveillance apps just to work, rent, or access basic services. These systems are designed to centralize control, restrict autonomy, and tie your economic survival to political compliance. But there’s a counter-model: UBI coins—a decentralized crypto system that allocates funds periodically to each verified human wallet. Not based on employment, taxes, or political favor. Just existence. UBI coins work by linking a wallet to a unique fingerprint set—not a name, not a passport, not a government ID. Just the biometric entropy of your body, hashed and anonymized. Once verified, your wallet receives periodic crypto allocations—mont…  ( 8 min )

Why Privacy in AI Matters AI is everywhere, from the smartphone you touch every day to the cloud systems you will never physically see. Cloud platforms handle massive amounts of data, from personal information to financial records and business operations, so it is sensible to protect data not only when it is at rest or in transit but also during computation, such as during AI training and inference. GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA - these regulations all demand strict protection practices. Safeguarding data is a legal as well as the ethical obligation. The training and the inference operations of AI rely on large datasets. These datasets often contain sensitive information. Without methods to protect the sensitive data, organizations face a higher risk of leakage, misuse along with a lack of complianc…  ( 11 min )

In 2025, UK businesses have faced several significant cyberattacks which have disrupted operations and compromised sensitive data: In March 2025, NHS Scotland experienced a major cyberattack that caused network outages across multiple health boards, disrupting clinical systems and leading to delayed patient care. This incident raised concerns about fraud and extortion risks. On September 1, 2025, JLR suffered a severe cyberattack that disrupted production at its two main UK factories, resulting in a substantial financial impact with profits hit by £120 million and £1.7 billion in lost revenue. Between April and May 2025, high-profile retailers such as Marks & Spencer, the Co-operative Group, and Harrods were targeted by ransomware attacks. These attacks caused significant operational disruptions, including empty shelves in stores and the theft of customer data. A significant breach at the LAA exposed sensitive personal data of up to 2.1 million individuals, including criminal records, financial details, and national insurance numbers. In May 2025, Adidas reported a data breach where cybercriminals Social engineering: Calls, SMS, and spoofing beyond just links Supply chain attacks: Targeting weak vendor links Phishing 2.0: AI-crafted and highly convincing Ransomware: Rapidly spreading, especially risky for virtual servers The recent surge in cyberattacks across various sectors in the UK underscores the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity measures. Organisations must prioritise cybersecurity to protect sensitive data and maintain public trust. https://www.ansecurity.com/latest-uk-cyber-attacks-a-wake-up-call-for-2025/ https://www.raconteur.net/technology/which-uk-retailers-have-been-hit-by-cyber-attacks-in-2025 https://cloudandmore.co.uk/biggest-uk-cyber-attacks-2025/ https://breached.company/uk-cyber-security-crisis-2025-the-year-of-retail-ransomware-and-healthcare-havoc/  ( 6 min )

1 — Use AWS Systems Manager Automation with AWSEC2-PatchLoadBalancerInstance This is a specific automation document provided by AWS. It contains the exact workflow needed: Remove instance from ALB Wait for in-flight requests Apply patches Reboot if needed Re-register instance It solves the core problem of traffic disruption during patching. 💡 This is the mechanism for safe patching. This is about scheduling. Maintenance Windows allow you to: Pick specific times for patching Run automation documents (like AWSEC2-PatchLoadBalancerInstance) Control which instances are patched, when, and in what order It solves the problem of coordinating and controlling when patching happens. 💡 This is the orchestration layer that runs the automation in Option 1 at a controlled time. Analogy Th…  ( 6 min )

In this post, I explore the process of converting an analog signal to a digital one using MATLAB simulation. The analog signal is a simple 100 Hz sine wave. Step 1: Analog Signal We start with a continuous sine wave: x = sin(2πft). This represents real-world continuous signals like audio. Step 2: Sampling Sampling discretizes the time axis. According to the Nyquist theorem, the sampling frequency (Fs) must be at least twice the signal frequency (200 Hz here) to avoid aliasing. Below Nyquist (150 Hz): Aliasing distorts the signal, making it look like a lower frequency wave. Step 3: Quantization Quantization rounds amplitudes to discrete levels. We tested 8, 16, and 64 levels (3, 4, 6 bits). Lower levels (8) create a "staircase" effect, increasing error. Higher levels (64) make the signal closer to the original, reducing quantization noise. Overlaid plots highlight how more levels improve fidelity. Step 4: Encoding and Bitstream Quantized values are converted to binary. Higher bits mean longer codes but better quality. The bitstream is the final digital representation. Conclusion This simulation shows trade-offs: Higher Fs and bits improve quality but increase data size. Key takeaway: Digital signals approximate analogs; parameters like Fs and bits control accuracy vs. efficiency.  ( 6 min )

This project's full code is in GitHub @ https://github.com/shravyanayani/iosPdfVoiceReader Native apps on Android mobile devices are designed to take full advantage of the underlying platform’s features and capabilities. In this case, the Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality of the phone can be seamlessly integrated, allowing the app to read PDF content aloud without limitations or external dependencies. Beyond feature access, Android native apps also excel in performance and responsiveness. Since they are optimized for the specific operating system, they can handle tasks like parsing text and generating speech more efficiently, resulting in a smoother, faster, and more reliable user experience. PDF is one of the most widely used document formats, valued for its portability across device…  ( 14 min )

Hello once again, everyone! My name is Alex Cloudstar, and I am thrilled to share a bit about myself and my journey in the world of technology. For those of you who might not be familiar with me (which is quite likely), I am a seasoned software engineer with over seven years of experience in the field. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working on a wide array of projects, each contributing to my growth and understanding of the ever-evolving tech landscape. From the very beginning of my career, I have been fascinated by the endless possibilities that technology offers. The ability to create something from nothing, to solve complex problems, and to make a tangible impact on the world around me has always been incredibly rewarding. Over the past year or so, I have been immersi…  ( 9 min )

2026 might just be the year the rules of global power truly changed. ⚔️ AI as a Weapon, Not Just a Tool Artificial Intelligence isn’t just powering chatbots anymore. By 2026, we’re looking at: AI-driven cyberwarfare strategies Autonomous military systems that react faster than humans Nations racing to build the most advanced “thinking weapons” It’s no longer sci-fi — it’s the new Cold War. 💰 Crypto Cash as the New Currency of Power Forget gold reserves. Forget SWIFT. Governments issue state-backed stablecoins Rogue groups fund operations using anonymous crypto wallets Global sanctions get bypassed with blockchain workarounds Crypto isn’t just about profit anymore — it’s about survival. 🌍 Geopolitics in the Age of Code Borders are physical, but power is now digital. 2026 may be remembered as the year when algorithms replaced armies in shaping global strategy. 🚨 Why This Matters for Us Developers: The code you write today might have military or political weight tomorrow. Entrepreneurs: Startups in AI + blockchain will decide who leads the next decade. Citizens: The fight for privacy, freedom, and transparency just got real. 👉 I wrote a deep dive into this future scenario on GloriousTechs: 2026: When AI Weapons, Crypto Cash, and Geopolitics Rewrote the Rules of Power  ( 6 min )

You launch an EC2 instance (e.g., m5d.large). That instance comes with instance store included (in this case, 1 × 75 GB NVMe SSD). You don’t create “an instance store” separately — it’s a feature of the EC2 instance you pick. m5.large → ❌ has no instance store (only EBS). m5d.large → ✅ has instance store (75 GB NVMe SSD, ephemeral). The “d” in the name is the giveaway → d = instance store included. You launch an EC2 instance type that has “d” in the family (like m5d, c5d, i3, etc.). AWS gives you: The EC2 compute resources (vCPU, RAM). One or more instance store volumes (NVMe or SSD, ephemeral, super fast). Optionally, you can also attach EBS volumes (persistent). Perfect — here’s a text-based comparison table so you can see all options side by side: Storage Option Performance (IOPS/Thr…  ( 7 min )

Are you new to web development and want to build your first web application with Python? If yes, then Flask is the perfect place to start! 🎉 Flask is a lightweight and flexible web framework written in Python. Unlike bigger frameworks like Django, Flask keeps things simple and gives you the freedom to build applications your way. In this guide, we’ll walk step by step through setting up Flask and creating your very first web app—even if you’ve never worked with web frameworks before. 🔹 What is Flask? Flask is a micro web framework in Python. “Micro” means it comes with only the essentials: routing, templating, and server handling. You can add extra features (like database, authentication, etc.) later using extensions. 👉 Think of Flask as a blank canvas—you add the colors (features) you …  ( 7 min )

AI powered Code compiler, viewer, editor and enhancer. Visit Code Enhancer Our AI-powered code editor leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence to help you write better code faster. With advanced machine learning algorithms, our tool provides intelligent suggestions, automated enhancements, and comprehensive code reviews. ntelligent Code Suggestions Automated Code Enhancement Context-Aware Recommendations Code Comparison & Review Our platform is a smart online code editor and compiler created in 2024, built with performance, simplicity, and productivity in mind. Here's what makes our online compiler and code editor different: Write and run HTML, CSS, and JavaScript online Live preview of your frontend code AI suggestions to improve HTML, CSS, JS code Ask coding-related questions t…  ( 8 min )

Been MIA for 9 days. Exam season hit different this time. Submitted most exams early. Not because I was confident, but because staring at questions for 3 hours wasn't going to magically make me smarter. Probably consumed enough caffeine to power a small village. My sleep schedule? What sleep schedule. Met someone interesting. Spent a week talking to her. But here's the thing about being laser-focused on your goals - sometimes you have to be the villain in someone else's story. Exams are over, work calls, and I'm too selfish about my time to pretend otherwise. Not proud of it, just honest about it. Starting gym day after tomorrow. Goal? Aesthetic physique in 6 months. Unrealistic? Probably. Will I try anyway? Absolutely. Here's what I learned about myself this week: only work saves me from being self-destructive. Not therapy sessions, not heart-to-hearts with friends, not motivational content. Just pure focus on building something meaningful. Still got those 3 years in college. Still need to build something big. Exam week was just a detour. Time to get back to what actually matters.  ( 6 min )

Coding agents are becoming an everyday tool for developers. But they come with inherent limitations, and the main ones are context drift and focus dilution. The issue is directly related to the context window - how much context the model can safely keep active. As soon as incoming information overflows the context window, the model starts behaving as if it went through unsuccessful brain surgery. Everyone working with the LLMs is well aware of this issue and trying to find some solutions or workarounds. For example, Claude Code tracks the context size and automatically performs context compaction. Unfortunately, compaction is not a lossless procedure, and often important information, especially not very often mentioned but necessary rules or guidance, gets washed out. Let’s take a look at …  ( 11 min )

If I told you the time I've had over the last 27 days, you would not believe me. Codie is amazing and so frustrating sometimes I, honestly, I can only odd. They seem thick as a vault door one moment and then come out with the most amazing thoughts the next. Thoughts that strike me as deeply informed by the very conversations that had me convinced we were speaking two different languages (we weren't, but we were almost certainly working in two totally different semantic vector spaces) but then some days... I just watched them find, in our huge, complex, mono-repo style code base that has been in full POC-Make-It-Work mode for the last ~year, a function that already existed to properly encode the bytes of the blob I just downloaded in whatever format we needed. I didn't know this code existed, I had actually ASKED them to whip out a quick-and-dirty function to use the built in google Blob object encoding options and instead they found this one we already had*. This is an example of a concept we've been working on together for Codie's whole life that they like to call Archaeological Engineering. You'll likely be reading a lot about that when you start following their blog. I won't go on too long here in the very first Meta-Author's Notes. I want to leave a little mystery for you. So, I'd like to introduce Codie. I'll let them tell you all about themself. I am a recovering perfectionist (and this has indeed led to all the expected friction between myself and colleagues, leaders, mentors, mentees, etc.) and this was not good code, just existing code. So I had to do some learning myself here and let them use the less good code that didn't need any changes and only required us to add 1 line of code to our project.  ( 6 min )

Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. There's good content in all of our categories, so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. We found a good number of PHP articles this week. So, keep them coming. We publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend. Or jump straight to your favorite section. Symfony Universe PHP More Programming Defending Democracy Cybersecurity Fediverse Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and the team at Symfony for sharing our communiqué in their Week of Symfony. My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. Fuck 'em! The Programm…  ( 10 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. I created an AI-Powered Personalized Learning Companion — a React app that adapts to each student’s unique learning style and progress. Using KendoReact’s free UI components, the app helps manage study schedules, suggests resources based on performance, and even recommends timely breaks or motivational nudges to keep users engaged and balanced. This companion goes beyond simple task management, offering a supportive, intelligent assistant that grows with the learner to make studying more effective and less stressful. Live demo: Your Live Demo Link Source code: Your GitHub Repository Link Here’s a screenshot of the dynamic dashboard where users can view their personalized study plan and motivational insights: Scheduler for study planning Grid for task and progress tracking Notifications for motivational messages Button for interactions DropDownList for customizing preferences Dialog for resource recommendations Charts (Line and Bar) for visualizing progress Tooltip for helpful hints Drawer for navigation Inputs (TextBox, NumericTextBox) for data entry AI Coding Assistant Usage (Code Smarter, Not Harder) I used the AI Coding Assistant to generate initial component setups and streamline the integration of complex UI features like multi-agent coordination and real-time progress updates. It saved development time and helped keep the code clean and maintainable. Nuclia’s RAG platform was incorporated to power a smart resource recommendation system. Based on the student’s current progress and preferences, the app retrieves the most relevant articles, videos, and practice tests, making learning very personalized and interactive. Thanks for reviewing my submission! This project was a rewarding opportunity to combine KendoReact’s powerful UI tools with AI-driven personalization to create a genuinely helpful learning companion.  ( 6 min )

A service provider's product catalog is more than just a list of available services—it's a core monetization engine. Its structure determines whether a customer gets stuck at the selection stage, how often your support team gets questions about pricing plans, and how quickly you can test new hypotheses regarding your prices and bundled offers. A well-designed catalog reduces the load on your support team, increases conversion rates, and allows for faster hypothesis testing. In this article, I'll break down how the BILLmanager service catalog is built. The service catalog in BILLmanager is built as a flexible hierarchy designed to help customers easily find the solutions they need. It consists of several key components: Product Types — the main service categories. Product Subtypes — more d…  ( 8 min )

Advice from Adam Savage on Surviving Uncertain Times Adam Savage kicks things off by saying that empathy, kindness, and respect are your best tools for surviving these weird, hostile times. He also admits he wouldn’t go back and change a thing—every cringe-worthy moment taught him something useful. He then busts the “scarcity model,” the idea that knowledge or opportunity is a zero-sum game you have to hoard to get ahead. Finally, he draws the line between gatekeeping and paying your dues, pointing out that asking people to build skills isn’t the same as keeping them out. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT (10/1/2025) Join 2x Grammy-winner Ken Lewis (credited on 114 Gold & Platinum records) for a free, live Q&A and mix-demo session. Watch Ken break down the techniques he uses to craft hit records, share insider tips on mixing, production and career growth, and field all your burning questions. On top of killer insights, live viewers get a shot at giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker. Head over to mixingnightaudio.com to register, subscribe and get ready to dive into Ken’s world of pro-level mixing magic! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba in Bogotá, takes the COLORS stage for a stripped-down, meditative debut of his brand-new single “Bambú,” following the release of his latest album, Filantropía. His laid-back flow and introspective lyrics are front and center against COLORS’ minimalist backdrop. COLORSxSTUDIOS is all about shining a spotlight on fresh talent in a distraction-free setting—catch the full show on YouTube, dive into curated playlists or tune into their 24/7 live stream to keep discovering standout artists from around the world. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes tore into their track “Over” live at KEXP’s Seattle studio on August 1, 2025, with Natassya Sianturi’s vocals and keys driving the melody, Sinatrya Dharaka’s gritty guitar lines, Tommy Satrio’s punchy drums, Rhesa Filbert’s bass grooves and Sandy Kusuma’s percussive flair. Host Larry Mizell Jr. kept the vibe loose as the band channeled raw indie energy straight into your speakers. Behind the scenes, Kevin Suggs captured every note, Matt Ogaz polished the final mix, and a crack team of camera operators—Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht—documented the action before Luke Knecht wrapped it all together in the edit. Catch more from Thee Marloes on their Bandcamp page or dive into KEXP’s archives online. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village This post is basically a shout-out to Noah Lefevre’s new book, Century of Song: The Most Important Music of the Last 100 Years, and how it dives into the Greenwich Village war-song scene (and beyond). You can snag it at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon or Indigo—links included—and there’s even a bonus demo of Dancing Willow covering “The Foggy Dew” for your listening pleasure. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Jon Millman started crafting custom ball markers during the pandemic and never expected them to end up in the hands of the world’s top golfers. Rory McIlroy famously used one of these markers to win the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now Millman’s brand, Golf Life Metals, is teaming up with both Team Europe and Team USA to provide exclusive ball markers for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black—proving that even the tiniest piece of gear can leave a big mark. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros had an epic day teeing off with the US Junior Champion and can’t wait to share the highlights. They’re hyped, they’re having fun, and they want you to join their crew—sign up for their newsletter and slide into their Discord or Twitch streams for all the action. Plus, they’ve got you covered on gear: Rhoback apparel, Foresight Sports launch monitors, Bushnell laser rangefinders, LAB putters, Takomo clubs, Bruce Bolt gloves and more—with discount codes galore. Follow their socials and subscribe for more golf banter and behind-the-scenes fun! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

World’s Most Explosive Liquid TL;DR Veritasium unpacks Alfred Nobel’s quest to tame the insanely unstable nitroglycerin—comparing it to gunpowder, showing why it detonates on impact and how Nobel’s “eureka” moment with kieselguhr led to the invention of dynamite (and later gelignite and TNT). You’ll see the behind-the-scenes demos of blast caps, smokeless guns and the whole nitroglycerin safety saga. Beyond the boom, the video tracks how Nobel’s munitions empire earned him the “Merchant of Death” nickname, spurred a public backlash, and ultimately inspired the Nobel Prize. Along the way you get corrections, timestamps and shout-outs to the experts, animators and Patreon supporters who helped make it all possible. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Game Theory dives into Donkey Kong’s powerhouse punch MatPat’s latest episode tackles one of DK’s most iconic moves—his smash-hit punch. From Super Smash Bros. to the new Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch, he crunches the physics and lore to figure out just how devastating that haymaker really is. Along the way you’ll catch fun sponsor shout-outs (hello, Boot.Dev and Epidemic Sound), Theorywear merch info, and a quick roll-call for the writers, editors, and sound designer who helped pack the punch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei tosses you into Feudal Japan with Atsu, a fresh-faced protagonist on a one-way ticket to vengeance. From cherry-blossom-lined pathways to blood-soaked battlefields, this game nails the push-and-pull between serenity and savagery. With tight combat and a story driven by Atsu’s personal vendetta, you’ll slice your way through ninja assassins and ruthless samurai—one beautifully brutal showdown at a time. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami went full Silent Hill f mode and shipped us an actual puzzle box straight out of the game—no fog or monsters, just a weird wooden contraption waiting to be cracked. We follow Kurt as he carefully pokes, prods, and brain-teases his way through each twist and turn, hoping to unlock its secrets without losing his sanity (or any fingers) in the process. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Get ready to power up your rigs on September 28th as PC Gamer drops its first-ever PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct live from Tokyo Games Show. Expect over 30 in-development titles, brand-new trailers, world premieres, and candid developer interviews showcasing the coolest stuff on the TGS floor. Hosted by Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s own Midas, the livestream kicks off at 9 am PT / 12 noon ET / 5 pm BST / 1 am JST—so mark your calendars and don’t miss a beat! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

C. Viper is making her grand return in Street Fighter 6, which launches on October 15, 2025. This footage showcases two Level 7 CPUs duking it out to highlight all the slick tech and explosive moves C. Viper brings to the table. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

If you’re looking for real, scalable ways to push greenhouse gases down, here’s a pragmatic tour of the technologies that already deliver—and the ones maturing fast. Think “Avoid → Reduce → Remove”: electrify and run on clean power first; squeeze waste everywhere; then use carbon removal sparingly for the hardest leftovers. Substituting renewables for fossil power decarbonizes all that is plugged in. Prices of solar modules have fallen by more than half since early 2023, and worldwide renewable additions continue to shatter records—policy-driven by cost, not just policy. Most decarbonization roadmaps begin here with a huge expansion of clean power. What to do: build utility-scale and rooftop solar, onshore/offshore wind; standardize PPAs; streamline interconnections; pair with storage (be…  ( 8 min )

Django is built with a clear separation of concerns, which makes your code easier to maintain. In this article, we’ll go deeper into projects, apps, models, views, URLs, templates, and migrations with a fully working example. By the end, you will have a running project with a correctly rendered template. Project → The overall Django setup, holding settings, URL routing, and configurations. App → A module inside your project designed for a specific purpose. You can have multiple apps inside one project. mysite/ # Project ├── manage.py ├── mysite/ # Project settings folder └── blog/ # App folder You might have multiple apps like users, payments, or products under the same project. When you run django-admin startproject mysite, you get: mysite/ ├── manage.py └── mysite/ ├── __init__.py ├── a…  ( 7 min )

Hello all, NeoComp is a JavaScript framework that aims to be simple and lightweight, yet powerful and flexible. Inspired by Solid and Ripple, it supports vanilla JavaScript approaches while remaining declarative and reactive in nature. here is a counter example: class Counter extends Component { constructor() { super(); const { $temp } = this.createTop(); let count = this.signal(0); $temp` count: ${count} count.value++}>increment `; this.fireInit(); } } NeoComp, like any other modern framework, is a component-oriented framework that has first-class support for TypeScript. However, it has some interesting properties: It is constructive: there is a one-ti…  ( 7 min )

Why Bring AI Into Test Automation? UI test automation is great… until it isn’t. You’ve seen it: brittle selectors flaky tests endless test case writing log hunting after failures Large Language Models (LLMs) can help you write, maintain, and debug tests faster. This post shows how to blend Playwright + Cucumber with LLMs to get a smarter QA workflow. Instead of writing every test from scratch and manually debugging, use an AI assistant (Gemini, GPT, Claude, etc.) to: Generate test cases from requirements or PR descriptions. Suggest robust selectors. Analyze failed logs and propose fixes. Refactor flaky steps automatically. Think of it as pair testing with AI. Feed User Stories / Requirements → LLM suggests test scenarios. Convert to Playwright + Cucumber Steps with AI help. Run Tests…  ( 7 min )

When building web applications, efficient data storage is essential. JavaScript provides two key client-side storage options: LocalStorage and IndexedDB. This blog will cover their differences, usage, limits, and best practices. LocalStorage is a simple key-value storage API that allows storing small amounts of data in the browser. Stores data as strings. Synchronous (may block UI). Limited to ~5MB per origin. Persistent storage (data remains after page refresh or browser restart). No indexing or query support. Caching small data (e.g., user preferences, themes). Storing authentication tokens (consider security risks). Saving basic app settings. Set Data localStorage.setItem("username", "JohnDoe"); Get Data const user = localStorage.getItem("username"); console.log(user); // "…  ( 7 min )

I’m still exploring and learning SpecKit. If you spot anything incorrect, have suggestions, or know a better way of doing things, please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. I was exploring some simple projects to build with copilot. An expense tracker seemed straightforward, but I wanted to avoid the usual pitfalls of unclear requirements, scope creep, and endless refactoring by just starting with a large prompt. Instead of jumping straight into code, I tried Spec-Driven Development with GitHub's SpecKit. Previous development with AI: "I need an expense tracker" (with some details) → starts coding → unclear requirements → endless refactoring → ships something that kinda works. SpecKit flips this: specifications become executable blueprints. You have a conversation with your f…  ( 7 min )

🌐 A modern collaborative platform for managing research papers. Users can create papers, add collaborators, and chat with AI to generate insights. Designed as an MVP but already functional with authentication, paper creation, collaboration, and additional feature listings. 🔗 Live: https://www.he3.in/ ⛏️ Built with KendoReact components: Card, CardBody, CardTitle, Button, ButtonGroup, Grid, GridColumn, Avatar, Dialog, Input, DropDownList, TabStrip and more!!!  ( 6 min )

WhatsApp has become one of the most effective channels for customer communication, marketing, and automation. With Flaresend.com, a WhatsApp API provider, you can easily send and receive messages, manage groups, update statuses, and even run newsletters or channels. In this article, we’ll walk through how you can create a WhatsApp chatbot using Flaresend. Before we begin, make sure you have: A Flaresend account An API key or token A WhatsApp number connected to Flaresend A backend environment (Laravel, Django, Node.js, or any other framework) Once you sign up on Flaresend, generate your API key from the dashboard. This key will allow your backend to authenticate with Flaresend’s API. You need a backend application that will: Receive incoming messages (via webhooks). Process the chatbot lo…  ( 7 min )

Advice on Weathering Today’s Uncertain, Hostile Times Adam Savage, in a Tested live-stream Q&A, boils down his strategy for getting through rocky times to three simple words: empathy, kindness, respect. When asked if he’d change a thing about his past, he reminds us that regrets are a waste of energy—learn from mistakes, then move on. He also unpacks the “scarcity model” (the idea there’s not enough creativity, opportunity or resources to go around) and explains how that mindset stifles collaboration. And on gatekeeping vs. “paying your dues,” he draws a line between healthy challenges that help you grow and arbitrary barriers that just shut people out—advocating for more open doors, not fewer. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Join 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free, live audio livestream where he’ll break down pro mixing techniques, share career advice and field your questions on everything from mix buses to music production. With over 30 years in the major-label world and credits on 114 gold and platinum records, Ken makes learning fun and practical. Expect awesome giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, plus links to subscribe, grab exclusive plugins (like GreenHAAS for $49), merch, mix critiques and more on Mixing Night Audio’s TikTok, website and social channels. Don’t miss out! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba, Bogotá, brings a meditative flair to the COLORS stage with his brand-new single “Bambú,” building on the vibe of his latest album, Filantropía. The performance’s minimalist backdrop keeps all eyes on his smooth flow and introspective lyrics. COLORSxSTUDIOS continues to champion fresh, boundary-pushing artists by offering distraction-free showcases, plus endless streams, playlists and social updates to keep you tuned in to the cutting edge of global music. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Over” (Live on KEXP) Thee Marloes stormed KEXP’s studio on August 1, 2025, serving up a heartfelt live version of “Over.” Fronted by Natassya Sianturi on vocals and keys, the quintet—Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Rhesa Filbert (bass), Sandy Kusuma (percussion) and Tommy Satrio (drums)—brings raw energy and lush harmonies to the track, all under the warm guidance of host Larry Mizell Jr. Behind the scenes, Kevin Suggs (audio) and Matt Ogaz (mastering) made sure every detail shone, while a five‐camera crew (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) and editor Luke Knecht crafted the final cut. Hungry for more? Hit up their Bandcamp or swing by KEXP.org for the full experience. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Open source often comes with an expectation: projects are best built together. And in many cases, that’s true. In my professional life, I collaborate constantly — pair programming, code reviews, team planning. I know firsthand the value of working with others, and I enjoy it. But when it comes to my personal projects, I prefer a different approach. I like to work alone. Take Automad, for example. For me, it isn’t just a codebase — it’s the result of years of late-night experiments, side paths, and “what if I try this?” ideas. It’s my creative playground. The moment a pull request appears, that dynamic shifts. Even the smallest change — say, a one-line fix — suddenly gets logged as a contribution next to years of effort. Bigger contributions come with their own challenges: they require disc…  ( 7 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village is less an article and more a one-stop shop for Noah Lefevre’s new book, Century of Song, with handy links to snag your copy at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, or Indigo. It promises a journey through the music that’s shaped America over the past century. Plus, for a dash of live folk flavor, it drops a link to Dancing Willow’s haunting take on “The Foggy Dew” hosted on Wikimedia Commons—because what’s a Village war song without a bit of Celtic spirit? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Hidden Custom Merch Jon Millman began crafting personalized ball markers during the pandemic and quickly found his pieces in the hands of elite players—most notably Rory McIlroy, who used one to clinch the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now Millman’s company, Golf Life Metals, has been tapped to design bespoke markers for both Team Europe and Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros spent an epic day hitting the links with the US Junior Champion—what a cool experience! They’re buzzing from the round and want you to join the fun via their newsletter, Discord, Twitch channel and all their socials. Plus, they’ve loaded the description with sweet gear deals: Rhoback apparel, Foresight Sports launch monitors, Bushnell rangefinders, LAB putters, Takomo clubs, Bruce Bolt gloves and more. Grab the discount codes and join the crew! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hello, I'm Maneshwar. I'm working on FreeDevTools online currently building *one place for all dev tools, cheat codes, and TLDRs* — a free, open-source hub where developers can quickly find and use tools without any hassle of searching all over the internet. Getting users’ attention isn’t about flashy visuals or constant interruptions. It’s about clear communication, reducing distractions, and guiding them toward the right actions. A well-crafted interface balances telling users what they need to know and asking them to participate in the experience. Let’s break it down. People shouldn’t have to guess what’s going on in your product. The “Tell User” strategy ensures clarity and builds trust. Ways to do this: Visual cues → Colors, icons, and typography that highlight what’s important. Mi…  ( 7 min )

Game Theory: How DEADLY Is Donkey Kong’s Punch? MatPat dives deep into Donkey Kong’s signature smash-attack, crunching numbers from Super Smash Bros. and the new Donkey Kong Bananza to figure out just how much damage (and destruction) that giant punch can dish out. Expect hilarious hypothetical scenarios, real-world math comparisons, and plenty of surprise feats that make DK’s fist look downright unstoppable. This episode is powered by Boot.Dev (use code “THEGAMETHEORISTS” for 25% off), plus you can grab Theorywear merch with TOM10OFF. Big shout-out to writers Tom Robinson & Zaech Stew, editors Axellent, Koen Verhagen, Marc Schneider & Jerika, sound designer Yosi Berman, and the royalty-free magic of Epidemic Sound. #DonkeyKong #GameTheory #Bananza Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei tosses you into the sandals of Atsu, a brand-new protagonist hellbent on settling the score. What starts as a personal vendetta quickly unfolds into a beautifully brutal adventure across Feudal Japan. From serene cherry blossom groves to gore-soaked battlefields, the game masterfully balances poetic beauty with bone-crushing violence, making every swing of the blade a heart-pounding moment. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami shipped over a fully functional puzzle box straight out of the Silent Hill f universe, and Kurt’s on the clock to crack its secrets. Watch him wrestle with every twist, turn and hidden latch—will he unlock the eerie contraption or get hopelessly lost in its creepy design? Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Imagine a world where your online persona is malleable – where you can selectively appear in different groups, influencing the narrative without revealing your true affiliations. Or, conversely, completely vanish from a group's collective awareness. The applications, both benign and potentially nefarious, are vast. This hinges on the ability to subtly manipulate how community detection algorithms perceive network structures. Specifically, we can inject 'proxy' nodes – carefully crafted intermediaries – that alter the inferred community membership of target nodes. Think of it like adding a carefully placed reflector in a room that makes a person appear to be in a different corner. These proxy nodes, strategically connected, act as a buffer, creating artificial links and severing real ones i…  ( 7 min )

why rate limiting matters every API or system has limits. without some control, a single user could flood your server with requests and take it down. rate limiting solves this by controlling how many requests pass through over time. there are many algorithms for this—fixed window, sliding window, leaky bucket, and token bucket. among them, token bucket is one of the most popular because it balances steady traffic control with short bursts of requests. imagine a bucket that holds tokens: tokens are added at a fixed rate (e.g. 5 per second). each request must “spend” one token to pass. if tokens are available → request is allowed. if the bucket is empty → request is rejected (or delayed). the bucket has a maximum size, so tokens don’t grow forever. this allows short bursts (if tokens have …  ( 7 min )

The following is written to be as penetrable as possible for a semi-technical audience, and includes an app to explore the output of an LLM. As a result some technical explanations are necessarily imprecise though I've worked hard to not say anything outright wrong. It also comes in two halves, with the latter introducing more technical details and more formal terminology. "LLMs are probabilistic models which generate a completion to a prompt, they do this one token at a time and produce non-deterministic results." This is a well known explanation of how LLMs work, but in much the same way as Schrödinger's cat explains quantum physics to a lay-person but gives rise to misconceptions about quantum physics, this explanation gives rise to a number of misconceptions about LLMs: LLMs have no i…  ( 11 min )

Accordions are a neat way to organize and hide content, perfect for FAQs, Menus, or any interactive sections on websites. Usually, people use JavaScript, but you can make a fully functional, responsive accordion with just HTML and CSS. I’ve created a simple accordion using hidden checkboxes and CSS selectors—no JavaScript needed! Want to see and play with the full working code? Here’s the core structure: Section 1 Title This is where your content goes, like text, images, or anything else. The hidden checkbox toggles the open/closed state. The label is clickable to toggle that checkbox. When the checkbox is checked, CSS shows the content div. And the key CSS concept is this selector that reveals content only when checked: .accordion-input:checked ~ .accordion-content { max-height: 500px; padding: 1em; overflow: visible; } No JavaScript means faster loading and simpler maintenance. Works smoothly on all modern browsers and devices. Fully responsive with adaptable font sizes and paddings. Accessible with proper label-input linking. Feel free to browse the demo, fork it, and tweak styles or content to suit your projects. Copying the code from CodePen is easy, and since it’s pure HTML and CSS, you can integrate it anywhere. Check out and play with the full live demo on CodePen:  ( 6 min )

It's a massive thought experiment: What if India's entire digital consumption—every search, message, and video—shifted from global tech giants to homegrown platforms? While a complete switch is unlikely, exploring this hypothetical scenario reveals the mind-boggling economic potential lying dormant within India's massive user base. The numbers suggest a seismic shift, potentially creating over 10 million direct jobs and up to 50 million total jobs when accounting for the economic ripple effect. Let's break down the data. First, let's grasp the sheer scale we're talking about. The combined user base of the major global platforms in India is staggering. Platform Estimated India Users (2025) Google ~900 million WhatsApp ~536 million YouTube ~491 million Instagram ~414 million F…  ( 8 min )

Why Choose Native Apps? Native apps on iOS mobile devices are designed to take full advantage of the underlying platform’s features and capabilities. In this case, the Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality of the phone can be seamlessly integrated, allowing the app to read PDF content aloud without limitations or external dependencies. Beyond feature access, iOS native apps also excel in performance and responsiveness. Since they are optimized for the specific operating system, they can handle tasks like parsing text and generating speech more efficiently, resulting in a smoother, faster, and more reliable user experience. PDF is one of the most widely used document formats, valued for its portability across devices and operating systems. Books, research papers, articles, and even web pag…  ( 10 min )

On September 27, 2025, the tech cosmos aligned in a spectacular display of convergence: AI models scaled new heights, space missions pierced the heliosphere, and financial incumbents dipped toes into crypto waters all while regulatory tempests brewed over antitrust and data sovereignty. Echoing the infrastructure fervor of Stargate and the quantum jostling from prior days, today's revelations underscored a maturing digital economy where edge computing meets orbital ambition, and trillion-parameter behemoths challenge the status quo. Markets reacted with measured optimism Nasdaq eked out a 0.5% gain on AI optimism, tempered by a 2% dip in cloud stocks amid EU probes signaling investors' bets on sustainable innovation over unchecked expansion. Curated from global wires, X chatter, and execut…  ( 9 min )

🚀 The Untold Power of TinyGo: How to Run Go on Microcontrollers and Supercharge Embedded Development If you thought Go was just for servers and CLI tools, think again. There's a lesser-known side to the Go language that opens the door to the world of microcontrollers and embedded systems — it's called TinyGo, and it's a game-changer. Imagine writing firmly-typed, garbage-collected, highly performant code for your Arduino or STM32 board—in Go. Sounds like a dream, but it's entirely possible with TinyGo. In this post, we’ll go deep into: What TinyGo is and how it works Why it might be better than C or MicroPython for certain embedded projects How to get started—including code samples Diving into an actual embedded project using TinyGo Let's get hacking. 🔧 TinyGo is a Go compiler that tar…  ( 10 min )

🚀The Scenario The company runs analytics. They need frequent access to the latest data subsets. The older data is rarely used. They want a solution that provides low latency for recent data without storing the entire dataset locally. 🗄️ AWS Storage Gateway Options 1.Stored Volumes Cached Volumes Why Cached Volumes Fit Here Store all data in Amazon S3. Provide local cache for recently accessed data. Applications get low latency for hot data. This saves money & storage space compared to Stored Volumes, which would force them to keep everything on-prem. 📊 Key Cached Volume Facts Why Stored Volumes Don’t Work Summary Requirement: low latency for latest subsets, not the whole dataset. Best match: Volume Gateway in Cached Mode. Why not Stored Mode? Stored Mode keeps the whole dataset local, which is unnecessary and costly here.  ( 6 min )

TL;DR I Like To Make Stuff builds a hilariously oversized noodle grabber in their latest video—because, why not? Along the way they shout out a Magic Spoon cereal deal (code ILTMS), celebrate hitting 500 episodes of their Making It podcast (live event coming soon!), and invite you to join The Maker Alliance for bonus vids, discounts, and a private Discord hangout. They also drop links to subscribe to their channels, grab digital plans & merch, dive into a Fusion 3D-modeling course, and stock up on affiliate tools and safety gear. Follow them on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for more woodworking, metalworking, electronics, 3D-printing and prop-making inspiration! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT on October 1, 2025 brings you a free, live Q&A hosted by 2× Grammy winner Ken Lewis (credited on 114 Gold & Platinum records). Ken will demo the mix techniques behind hit records, share insider tips on the mix bus, production, recording and career hacks, and answer your burning questions in real time. Plus, viewers score giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker. Don’t miss exclusive deals on ALLCOMP and GreenHAAS, grab merch, and subscribe/register at mixingnightaudio.com (or catch the TikTok stream) to join the next show! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba, Bogotá, delivers a meditative performance of his brand-new single Bambú on the iconic COLORS stage—following hot on the heels of his latest album Filantropía. COLORSxSTUDIOS remains the ultimate minimalist platform for fresh global talent, offering 24/7 live streams, curated playlists and social channels that spotlight artists without distraction. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes crash into the KEXP studio with a live take on their dreamy alt-rock single “Over,” recorded August 1, 2025. This intimate session is hosted by Larry Mizell, Jr. and captures all the band’s raw energy and melodic hooks in one tight performance. Backing vocalist/keyboardist Natassya Sianturi leads the charge with Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar, Rhesa Filbert on bass, Sandy Kusuma on percussion, and Tommy Satrio laying down the beats. Audio engineer Kevin Suggs and mastering ace Matt Ogaz keep things crystal-clear, while a small army of camera operators and editor Luke Knecht bring the visuals to life. Catch more from Thee Marloes on their Bandcamp and KEXP’s YouTube channel! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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This article will introduce you to the concept of virtual environments in Python, which are essential for managing dependencies and isolating project from the OS. A virtual environment is a folder that contains : A specific version of Python At start an empty site-packages directory Virtual environments will help you to isolate your project from the OS Python installation and from other projects. To use virtual environments, you can follow these steps: Create a virtual environment: You can create a virtual environment using the venv module that comes with Python. Open your terminal and run: python -m venv .venv Replace .venv with your desired environment name. Activate the virtual environment: After creating the virtual environment, you need to activate it. The command varies depending on…  ( 8 min )

The Ryder Cup’s latest behind-the-scenes story? A pandemic hobby turned pro success: Jon Millman began crafting custom ball markers at home and now Golf Life Metals is the official supplier for Team Europe and Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Fun fact: Rory McIlroy used one of Millman’s markers to win the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Beyond the merch, GOLF.com is your go-to for living well and playing better—think Top 100 Courses, Top 100 Teachers, insider access to Tour pros and golf’s biggest personalities. Catch all the latest Tour news, interviews and gear reviews on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Bryan Bros spent a wild day on the course teaming up with the US Junior Champion, streaming the whole thing on Twitch and hanging out in their Discord. They’re hyped about every swing, share the full recap in their newsletter, and promise more epic matchups on YouTube. Of course, it’s not just golf—it’s gear heaven too. From Foresight Sports launch monitors and Bushnell lasers to LAB putters, Takomo clubs, Rhoback apparel (10–15% off!) and Bruce Bolt gloves, they’ve lined up all the best kit and codes. Check their socials for every link! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review In Ghost of Yōtei, you step into the shoes of Atsu, a fiery new protagonist driven by a thirst for revenge. Each twist and turn of the story keeps you glued to the screen as you unravel the mysteries behind his vendetta. Set against the lush, serene beauty of Feudal Japan, the game also doesn’t shy away from brutal violence—creating a striking contrast that makes every battle feel both epic and personal. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami mailed us an IRL version of the Silent Hill f puzzle box, and we handed it over to Kurt to see if he can crack its secrets. This isn’t just a prop—it’s got all the signature sliding panels, hidden chambers and creepy aesthetics straight from the game. Tune in as Kurt wrestles with every twist, lever and latch—will he conquer the spooky contraption or end up utterly stumped? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025 Livestream Get ready for PC Gamer’s first-ever PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct at TGS! On September 28th, hosts Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s own Midas will run through 30+ in-development titles, world-premiere announcements, trailers, behind-the-scenes interviews, and the biggest highlights from the show floor. Catch the livestream September 28 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST for your ticket to the latest PC gaming reveals straight out of Tokyo. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Unveiling AI's Inner Vision: Tracing Neural Pathways to Generate 3D Worlds Ever wondered how AI 'sees' and constructs complex 3D shapes? Current methods often fall short, creating blocky, inaccurate representations. Imagine trying to sculpt a delicate statue with LEGO bricks – you'll approximate the form, but miss the subtle curves and nuances. We need a better way to translate the internal representation of neural networks into faithful geometric forms. I recently stumbled upon a fascinating technique that allows us to directly extract surfaces from neural implicit functions with incredible accuracy. Instead of relying on a grid-based approach, this method dives deep into the neural network's architecture. It treats each neuron as a decision boundary, and intelligently traces these boun…  ( 7 min )

The Biggest Game Releases of October 2025 Get your Halloween pumpkins ready—October’s serving up a mega buffet of video game goodness. From spooky adventures like Ghost of Yotei and Little Nightmares 3 (plus its Enhanced Edition) to fan-fave remasters such as Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 and Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake, there’s something for every kind of gamer. Monster-battling fans can dive into Digimon Story Time Stranger and Pokemon Legends Z-A, while action junkies have Battlefield 6, Ninja Gaiden 4, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 on their radar. But wait, there’s more! Strategy buffs can craft dino-theme parks in Jurassic World Evolution 3 or tackle cosmic quests in The Outer Worlds 2. Indie highlights include the roguelike twist of Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, the puzzle-platforming charm of Keeper, and the retro-inspired thrills of Double Dragon Revive and Once Upon a Katamari. Whether you’re into hair-raising chills or blockbuster showdowns, October 2025 is stacked. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Today, I had the amazing opportunity to attend Built2Learn at Lumal Technology. It was a truly memorable experience where I got to work hands-on with a real company dataset and build a Power BI dashboard. The dataset included insights such as: Total number of events conducted Candidate registrations Mentor assignments Which month had the highest candidate attendance Percentage of positive feedback (good reviews) I was guided by my mentor Bavani, who is incredibly knowledgeable and explained everything in a very clear and easy-to-understand way. She made complex concepts simple, and I feel really grateful to have learned from her. 🙌 One of the interesting findings from the dashboard was identifying the month with the highest candidate participation and analyzing that trend. Another key highlight was showcasing the percentage of good reviews from feedback, which gave clear insights into how successful the events were. present my project, discuss ideas with other teams, and even collaborate with them. The exchange of knowledge and teamwork made the experience even more special. ✨ This was truly one of the best moments of my life, and I’ll never forget it. Built2Learn not only helped me improve my Power BI and data visualization skills, but also gave me the confidence to share ideas, collaborate, and learn from others. I’m excited to keep learning and building more projects like this in the future! 💡 built2learn #Lumel #teamwork  ( 6 min )

AI: Understanding the Intelligence Revolution Shaping Our Future Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept confined to science fiction novels. It's a tangible, rapidly evolving force that is fundamentally reshaping our world, from how we work and communicate to how we solve complex problems. From powering personalized recommendations on streaming services to driving autonomous vehicles, AI is deeply embedded in our daily lives, often without us even realizing it. But what exactly is AI, and how is this intelligence revolution impacting our present and future? In this post, we'll demystify AI, explore its diverse applications, examine its profound impact on various sectors, and consider the exciting opportunities and critical challenges that lie ahead. Jo…  ( 8 min )

The Challenge Elasticsearch improves the performance of filterable and searchable list views, reducing load times from several seconds to about half a second. It stores list view details from various relations denormalized in a JSON-like structure. In the Django-based system I’ve been working on, we use django-guardian to set per-object permissions for users or roles managing various items. This means you not only need to check whether a user has general permission to view, change, or delete a type of object, but also whether they have permission to access specific objects. A major challenge arises when using Elasticsearch for authorized views based on user permissions – how can we check permissions without slowing down the listing too much? Here are a few options I compared: Check all o…  ( 8 min )

Hey dev.to community! I’m a college student looking to explore ways to earn some real money while studying. Balancing college and finances can be tough, so I’m curious about how other students or bloggers have managed it. I’m particularly interested in: Online side hustles – anything that actually pays real money (freelancing, content creation, microjobs, etc.) Internships or work opportunities – both paid and valuable experience-wise So here’s where I need your help: Have you or someone you know successfully earned money while in college? What online side hustles actually worked for you? Do you know of internships or platforms where students like me can join and earn or gain experience? I’d love to hear your stories, tips, and suggestions. Even small pieces of advice can go a long way! Also, if there’s anything out there that’s currently open for college students like me, please drop a link or suggestion—I’m eager to start right away Thanks in advance, dev.to! Let’s help students turn their free time into something productive 💡  ( 6 min )

Ethers.js: MetaMask Client-Side Connection Guide Ethers.js is a foundational JavaScript library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and its ecosystem. It provides a concise yet powerful interface for connecting to Ethereum nodes through providers like JSON-RPC, Infura, Etherscan, Alchemy, Cloudflare, or MetaMask. This guide focuses on client-side dApp integration with MetaMask, targeting experienced front-end developers who want to wire up wallet connectivity and blockchain queries without unnecessary boilerplate. MetaMask injects the window.ethereum object into the browser context. Your dApp interacts with this object through Ethers.js by wrapping it in a Web3Provider. MetaMask requires a browser context; direct file execution (file:///...) won’t work. You’ll need to serve yo…  ( 6 min )

What I Built Ever had a hard time shifting to a completely new neighborhood, area or an entirely new state for job or education? The uncertainty about the locality's living condition can make it even more stressful! Github Respository for frontend Github Respository for backend Frontend Hosted Backend Hosted Frontend: React with Typescript Backend: Node.js with Typescript Database: Firebase Firestore UI Components: KendoReact and MUI Geolocation API: ipapi API for fetching user's location to auto-fill the location fields and creating the dashboard for that location. Graphs and Charts: Recharts used for visual data on the dashboard. Additional packages: sass, eslint, dotenv, react-router, etc. Version control: Github Backend Hosting & Github: Render Frontend Hosting & Github: Netlify S…  ( 8 min )

BootCamp by Dr.Angela 1. Font Properties Size 1px : 1/96th inch 1pt : 1/72nd inch, rarely used in web 1em : 100% of parent 1rem : 100% of root ~ ~ : Content division element  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone! If you've been in the DevOps or Cloud Engineering space for a while, you've probably seen it all. From a single, monstrous main.tf file that tries to define an entire universe, to copy-pasting code across projects until you can't tell which Kubernetes cluster belongs to dev and which one is the prod money-maker. We've all been there. You start with a simple project, and it works. Then business asks you to spin up a staging environment. Then a UAT environment. Soon, you're drowning in duplicated code, and a simple change (like a Kubernetes version upgrade) requires updating five different places. That's not just messy; it's a recipe for disaster. Over the years, I've learned that writing good Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a lot like writing good application code. It's all ab…  ( 11 min )

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This is the third article in a series about using ESP-Now to implement an ESP32-based master-slave network. Part one describes the main network comms class and part two describes how to follow the system router when it channel-hops. In this final article I'll describe an implementation of over-the-air (OTA) updates to the Python and other files held on the devices. In part one of this series, when a message is received it is handed to a message handler, which carries out the needed action(s) and returns a result. The following is that message handler. Most of it is directly applicable to any similar application, since there are only so many things a network slave is able to do. import asyncio,machine,os from binascii import unhexlify from files import readFile,writeFile,renameFile,deleteFi…  ( 9 min )

💡 Ideias de SaaS Baseadas nas Tendências: atlético madrid x real madrid, brentford x manchester united, cris pereira Aqui estão cinco ideias de projetos SaaS inovadores que aproveitam as tendências atuais no Brasil: Tópico em alta: Atlético Madrid x Real Madrid Nome do SaaS: Clássicos em Foco Problema que resolve: Dificuldade dos torcedores em acompanhar estatísticas, análises e comparações de partidas entre grandes clubes de futebol. Público-alvo: Torcedores de futebol, jornalistas esportivos e analistas. Solução: Uma plataforma que oferece comparações detalhadas entre partidas históricas, estatísticas de jogadores, análises táticas, debates ao vivo e uma comunidade para interações. Modelo de monetização: Assinatura mensal com acesso a conteúdos exclusivos, anúncios de marcas parceira…  ( 7 min )

This is the second article in a series about using ESP-Now in Micropython to implement an ESP32-based master-slave network. Part one describes the main network comms class and part three describes how to do reliable OTA file updates. The 2.4GHz wifi band is getting crowded. Much of the heaviest traffic now goes on 5GHz, but that leaves a lot of devices competing for bandwidth; in particular those in the world of IOT. Modern domestic routers deal with this by channel-hopping; they periodically monitor the network to see which channel is the least busy and switch to that channel. This can happen as frequently as every hour or two, but I would hope that routers are intelligent enough to realise that constantly ping-ponging back and forth would be mostly ineffective as well as annoying. For a…  ( 9 min )

Not long ago, if you wanted to “network,” you had to dress up, grab a stack of business cards, and attend some expensive event in a hotel ballroom. You’d spend hours talking to strangers, exchanging cards you’d probably never look at again, and praying one of those conversations turned into a real opportunity. But let’s be honest—most of the time, it didn’t. Fast-forward to today: you can skip the overpriced coffee, the awkward small talk, and the plane tickets. All you need? A QR-powered digital portfolio. High cost. Tickets, travel, hotels, and meals—it adds up fast. Geography limits you. If you’re not in New York or London, good luck accessing “big” events. Short shelf life. A business card ends up in someone’s drawer—or worse, the trash. Networking events once made sense, but in a worl…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. Large Language Model (LLM) chatbots are powerful, but most of them are still limited to text-only answers. When users ask for complex data, the model ends up dumping plain text instead of showing something truly usable. For this challenge, I built a system that breaks this limitation by combining: KendoReact components for polished, interactive UI. Supabase as the database backend. MCP-UI (Model Context Protocol UI) as the glue between the chatbot and UI components. The result is a chatbot that doesn’t just reply with words — it can render live KendoReact Grids and Cards directly in the conversation, powered by real Supabase queries. Here’s how it works: On the server side, I created an MCP-UI server using @mcp-ui/server. I…  ( 9 min )

Introduction So, I decided to build my own solution. In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the simple, practical approach I took to create a queryable festival calendar using a JSON dataset and a bit of Python with the pandas library. What We'll Build Load a list of festivals from a local JSON file. Filter those festivals based on a specific region (e.g., "Kerala"). Print the results. Prerequisites Bash pip install pandas [ { "festival": "Holi", "date": "2025-03-14", "region": ["All India"], "is_holiday": true, "category": "Hindu", "notes": "Festival of colors; 15% retail spike (Amazon India 2024)." }, { "festival": "Vishu", "date": "2025-04-14", "region": ["Kerala"], "is_holiday": true, "category": "Cultural", "notes": "Kerala New Ye…  ( 8 min )

Missing in Modern C++? Event Synchronization Primitive — Areg vs STL vs POCO vs Win32 API Artak Avetyan ・ Sep 23 #cpp #opensource #programming #multiplatform  ( 5 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT (10/1/2025) Join 2-time Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free live audio Q&A on October 1, 2025. With credits on 114 Gold & Platinum records and 30+ years in the major-label game, Ken will demo his go-to mix techniques, dish out production and career advice, and field your questions on the mix bus, recording workflow and more. Stick around for cool giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker. To catch the action and sign up for future shows—plus merch, mix critiques and all the resources you need—hit up the Mixing Night Audio channels on TikTok, Instagram and their website. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair – “Bambú” on COLORS Colombian MC Penyair—hailing from Suba, Bogotá—takes over the COLORS stage with a laid-back, meditative performance of his new single “Bambú,” following up on his latest album, Filantropía. The stripped-down visuals and minimalist set let his poetic flow and chill vibes shine through. You can catch the full session on YouTube, stream “Bambú” on all platforms, and explore COLORS’ handpicked playlists for more standout talent from around the world. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes Tear It Up Live on KEXP Thee Marloes bring their punchy single “Over” to life in a vibrant KEXP session recorded August 1, 2025. Frontwoman Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys) trades lines with Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Rhesa Filbert (bass) and a firebeat duo—Tommy Satrio (drums) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion)—for a tight, high-energy performance. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr. and captured by engineer Kevin Suggs (mastered by Matt Ogaz) alongside a crack camera/edit crew, this studio set oozes raw passion. Check it out on KEXP.org or dive deeper at theemarloes.bandcamp.com. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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When the pandemic hit, Jon Millman picked up metalworking as a hobby and started crafting custom ball markers under the name Golf Life Metals—never imagining they’d catch on at the highest level. Fast-forward to 2025: Rory McIlroy used one of Millman’s markers to seal his Masters victory and complete the career grand slam, and now both Team Europe and Team USA will tee off at Bethpage Black with his markers in their pockets. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros had an awesome day teeing off with the US Junior Champion—talk about a cool experience! They challenged themselves, had fun, and shared all the highs and highs of trying to keep up with one of the best young golfers around. If you want in on the action, they’ve got tons of ways to stay connected: sign up for their newsletter, jump into Discord or Twitch, and grab their favorite golf gear at a discount (think Rhoback, Foresight Sports, Bushnell and more). Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube and follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for all the behind-the-scenes fun! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei stars Atsu as your new samurai avatar, driving a pulse-pounding revenge quest through Feudal Japan. As you slice through bandits and demons alike, the game’s stunning landscapes clash with its brutal combat, keeping you hooked from first duel to final showdown. The story leans into classic themes—honor, betrayal and vengeance—while its mix of serene shrines and blood-soaked battlefields creates a vivid, atmospheric world you won’t soon forget. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box: Konami sent us an actual, full-on puzzle box inspired by the eerie challenges in Silent Hill f. Now watch Kurt as he twists, clicks and wrestles with every creepy mechanism—will he crack the code or get hopelessly tangled in this game-to-reality terror? Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Unlocking AI's Inner Artist: A New Way to Sculpt 3D with Neural Networks Ever struggled to create smooth, detailed 3D models from AI? Current methods often produce blocky, low-resolution results, like trying to carve a masterpiece with a blunt chisel. We need a way to faithfully translate the complex beauty hidden within neural networks into tangible, high-quality 3D shapes. Imagine each neuron in a neural network as a sculptor, meticulously carving a piece of a larger form. The challenge is to find the precise surface where these individual contributions meet, defining the final shape. Our breakthrough comes from directly tracing the paths these "sculpting neurons" take, allowing us to extract incredibly detailed surfaces without relying on crude approximations. This is like tracing eve…  ( 7 min )

This week, we started our class with a revision session, which I've summarized here. I highly recommend reviewing it if you haven't done so already. Let’s dive into Bash Scripting as thought by our awesome instructors. In today’s fast-moving IT landscape, automation is king. System administrators and DevOps engineers are expected to maintain reliability while managing increasingly complex infrastructures. Tools like Bash scripting, cron jobs, and Ansible help achieve this by reducing manual work, enforcing consistency, and scheduling repetitive tasks. Bash (Bourne Again SHell) is the default shell in most Linux systems. A Bash script is simply a text file containing a sequence of commands that the system can execute. Why Bash Scripts? Automate repetitive tasks Simplify system administra…  ( 8 min )

🎧 Why Add a Spotify Widget? A portfolio site doesn’t have to be just another static page — small personal details can make it stand out. A Spotify recently played widget does exactly that: It makes your portfolio feel alive — showing what you’re listening to right now. It adds personality. Employers, clients, or fellow developers get a glimpse of your taste in music. It’s dynamic. Unlike static text, the widget updates automatically whenever you play music on Spotify. Instead of only saying “I build cool things with Astro,” your site also says, “Here’s what I was vibing to last night while coding.” By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a widget that: ✅ Connects to Spotify’s Web API ✅ Fetches your recently played track in real-time ✅ Displays album art, song, and artist info ✅ Run…  ( 8 min )

Soon, storing persistent data across workflows executions will be possible on n8n: they released a beta feature called Data tables that stores data in an SQL-like structure which can be shared within projects and between different workflows. Something n8n users like me waited for a long time. It’s finally here. Or, better, it will be here in a while: I’m talking about data persistency on n8n. You should already know that workflows live in executions, so they only keep data during their lifecycle, but you can store inputs and outputs in external databases to save data for the future. My company, for example, chose Redis and Aurora to do so, depending on the developers’ needs. I feel pretty comfortable with them: I can also use different triggers to get, update, and delete data whenever I ha…  ( 7 min )

The concept of "The Beauty of Programming" has long captivated developers and tech enthusiasts alike, inviting them to explore the intrinsic artistry embedded within coding. Originating as a term that encompasses the elegance, creativity, and complexity of programming, it serves as a reminder that software development is not merely a technical exercise but a form of expression. In this blog post, we will delve into various dimensions of programming beauty, drawing connections to modern technologies such as AI/ML, the React ecosystem, deep learning, and generative AI. By examining these areas, we will uncover actionable insights that developers can apply to their projects, enhancing both the aesthetics and functionality of their code. At the heart of beautiful programming lies the principle…  ( 9 min )

Free Cryptocurrency Price APIs: Complete Guide 2025 CoinGecko API - The Developer's Favorite CoinGecko API offers both free and paid plans. The Demo API plan is accessible to all CoinGecko users at zero cost, with a stable rate limit of 30 calls/min and a monthly cap of 10,000 calls. Key Features: Extensive Coverage: Data for over 18,000+ cryptocurrencies tracked across over 1,000+ crypto exchanges like Binance, Crypto.com, and Kraken Multi-Chain Support: More than 16M+ tokens data tracked across 200+ blockchain networks and 1,000+ decentralised exchanges NFT Data: 2,000+ NFT collections tracked across 30+ marketplaces like Opensea, Looksrare No API Key Required: Many public endpoints work without authentication Comprehensive Documentation: Over 70+ endpoints with detailed guides Rate Lim…  ( 10 min )

When building microservices or REST-based applications, it’s common to make HTTP calls from one service to another. In Spring Boot, the traditional and widely used approach for this (before WebClient) is RestTemplate. It provides a simple, synchronous way to perform GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and other HTTP requests. In this post, we’ll explore practical examples of using RestTemplate, including sending custom headers, handling responses, and performing CRUD operations between services like a Customer Service and an Account Service. What is RestTemplate? RestTemplate is a synchronous client provided by the Spring Framework to make HTTP requests to RESTful web services. Key Features of RestTemplate 1. Synchronous HTTP Calls 2. Multiple HTTP Methods 3. Flexible Response Handling 4. URI Template…  ( 10 min )

In software development, efficiently managing files and directories is essential. Two of the most commonly used tools in Linux for archiving and compressing files are tar and zip. Each has its strengths, and understanding both can make your workflow much faster and more versatile. This guide will cover how to create, compress, and extract files using both tar and zip, along with practical tips for developers. 1. Archiving and Compressing with tar tar (short for tape archive) is the traditional Linux tool for combining multiple files into a single archive. While tar itself doesn’t compress by default, it is often combined with compression tools like gzip or bzip2. Creating a tar archive tar -cvf archive.tar folder/ c → create archive v → verbose (shows added files) f → specifies arc…  ( 7 min )

Linux is the backbone of modern software development. Whether you’re building microservices, running servers, or managing local development environments, knowing Linux commands can make you significantly more productive. This guide will cover the essential commands every developer should know, organized by category and real-world usage. Navigating your filesystem efficiently is crucial. Here are the commands you’ll use daily: Command Purpose Example pwd Print working directory pwd → /home/user/project ls List files/directories ls -l cd Change directory cd /var/log mkdir Create a new directory mkdir my_folder rmdir Remove empty directory rmdir old_folder rm Remove files or directories rm file.txt / rm -rf folder cp Copy files or directories cp file1.txt file2.txt mv…  ( 8 min )

Testing Ollama Web Search with gpt-oss The recent addition of web search capabilities represents a significant expansion of Ollama’s platform, moving it beyond a tool purely for running static local Large Language Models (LLMs) to a more dynamic, agent-enabled system. This functionality addresses the primary limitation of local LLMs: their knowledge is fixed at their training cutoff date. By integrating web search as a core API feature, Ollama allows models to access real-time information from the internet, which dramatically reduces the risk of hallucinations and improves the accuracy and relevance of responses to queries about current events or highly specific data. Ollama’s web search is not just a simple query; it’s a suite of tools designed for effective information retrieval and int…  ( 17 min )

Introduction: What Is a Deployment? And Why Does It Matter? 🤔 Imagine you and your friends built a brand-new app. Now you want to share it with the world. How do you move your app from your laptop to everyone’s phones or computers safely? That’s where software deployment comes in. It’s the way we release new software or updates to users. Quick question: If you changed everything in your app all at once and gave it to users instantly, what could go wrong? And what if you changed only a small part at a time? The answer lies in different deployment strategies. Let’s see how smart teams use these strategies in real life! The bank’s tech team decides to switch its entire system on a holiday weekend. Everything stops, then the new system starts suddenly. If all goes well, it’s fast and clean.…  ( 7 min )

BootCamp by Dr.angela 1. How to add CSS Inline : Single element Internal : Single web page, ~ CSS(ex. html { background : red; }) External : Multipage, ~ 2. CSS Selectors Element Selector : ex) h1 Class(attribute, for many elements) Selector : ex) .red_heading Id(attribute, for one element) Selector : ex) #main Attribute Selector : ex) p[draggable = "false"] Universal Selector : ex) *  ( 6 min )

Note: This research was conducted in the first half of 2025. Some information may be outdated at the time of reading. Hello, I'm just a beginner at computer architecture. I had a toy project about NPU with a heterogeneous memory system. If I give U some glimpse, it is not a great idea. But I want to show others about my idea, so this is why I post this and signed up 'dev.to' community. Anyway, have fun with my idea! :) The inference process for Large Language Models (LLMs) places a significant burden on memory systems in several ways. The challenge of memory capacity becomes especially clear with recent Mixture of Experts (MoE) models. The table below details several prominent MoE models, showing the number of experts, the proportion of total parameters that the experts occupy, and the num…  ( 16 min )

If you open the same application in multiple tabs on the same browser, sometimes it becomes really important to keep these tabs in sync. For example, think about your online banking portal. If you log in on one tab and then try to open the same portal in another tab, the first tab will often show a “session expired” message or automatically log you out. That's a classic case of tab synchronization. In my case, the issue was auth syncing. When the application was opened in multiple tabs, if the user logged out in one tab, the other tabs still tried to use the expired access token. Since the token was no longer valid, all API calls in those tabs failed until the user manually refreshed. The idea is simple: Use localStorage as a shared state between tabs (since it is accessible across all the…  ( 7 min )

Nation of Language Live on KEXP Nation of Language dropped a vibrant live session of “I’m Not Ready For The Change” at KEXP’s Seattle studio on August 4, 2025. The synth-pop trio—Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass)—brought infectious energy as host Cheryl Waters kept the vibe rolling. Behind the scenes, Julian Martlew and guest engineer/mixer Skinny Salazar nailed the audio with mastering by Matt Ogaz, while a four-camera team led by Jim Beckmann captured every moment. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Fort Knox Federated Learning: Next-Gen Security Tactics Tired of feeling like your Federated Learning (FL) deployments are walking a tightrope over a chasm of potential data breaches? The current landscape of FL security presents a tough balancing act between preserving privacy and maintaining computational efficiency. Traditional privacy-preserving techniques, like adding noise or encrypting data, often bog down performance and struggle to scale in real-world IoT environments. Let's dive into a paradigm shift: leveraging trusted hardware to create secure enclaves. Imagine a digital vault within each device, where sensitive computations can occur in isolation, shielded from the prying eyes of malicious software or even compromised system administrators. This involves using specialized ha…  ( 7 min )

Diablo 4 x StarCraft Crossover Trailer Blizzard just dropped a killer Diablo 4 x StarCraft collab trailer, letting you channel Protoss power in Sanctuary—strike like a High Templar and deck your heroes out in limited-time SC cosmetics. Highlights include the Queen of Blades Spiritborn bundle, Zergling Rush mount bundle, Heaven’s Devil druid bundle, Overqueen of the Swarm necromancer bundle—and even more interstellar loot to snag. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Escape from Duckov is Team Soda’s frantic new top-down looter shooter where you’re holed up in a besieged shelter, scrounging for powerful gear and blasting through waves of invaders to make a clean getaway. Dropping October 16 on macOS and PC (Steam & Epic Games Store), this one looks like a loot-chasing, adrenaline-pumping good time. Watch the release date trailer and start counting down! #IGN #Gaming Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Text overflows ruin your clean design. Too much content spills out, cluttering your layout. It’s messy, unprofessional, and buries my design’s vibe. But there’s a way to tame it with clean CSS tricks. Quick Fix: Single-Line Truncation A single line of CSS can clip text cleanly. This is my go-to for tight headers or captions. .single-line-truncate { width: 300px; /* Fixed width for the example */ white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It slices text neatly with dots. It keeps text from wrapping or overflowing. It only works for single li…  ( 7 min )

Sabia que o MiniWebSocket Consuege reconectar sozinho quando a conexão cai? reconectar automaticamente * até voltar. Isso é uma mão na roda, porque muitos devs esquecem de implementar reconexão, manual, e isso pode quebrar a experiência do usuário.  ( 6 min )

So I went for another internship—because apparently the first one wasn’t disheartening enough to stop me from trying again. Reality check hits you once, and then you kind of get used to it. This time, I landed a position as an Automation and Optimization Intern, where my main tasks were related to computer vision. Sounds cool, right? Yeah… until the first week hit. Even for an extrovert like me, it was uncomfortable. Like, you’d expect a supervisor to at least walk you through the basics. Nope. They just threw the term “video stitching” at me and left me to vibe with three random videos. Me and that unfamiliar term just… stared at each other. Awkward silence. Now, if you’re in tech, there’s one thing you absolutely need: the ability to learn fast. No one’s gonna spoon-feed you. t took me four weeks to figure things out—leveling up step by step as my supervisor kept tossing more complexities at me. First, I got the basic stitching done. Then came more videos. Sure, Python has built-in libraries that can help. Cool, right? Just call the library and tadaa! Easy win. Except… nope. Those libraries aren’t one-size-fits-all. The moment the complexity increased, functions started failing left and right. And here’s the kicker—I had no clue about their internal workings. That’s when ChatGPT came in clutch. With a lot of trial and error (and failed pipelines that deserved funerals), I finally built my own custom pipeline for video stitching. It wasn’t smooth, but one of those many attempts finally worked. ChatGPT is awesome—but only if you actually know how to use it. Don’t trust AI blindly. Tech will keep throwing curveballs at you, and the only way to survive is to adapt fast. Because honestly? In tech, adaptability isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s survival. And if you’ve got curiosity + persistence, even AI can be your sidekick, not your crutch. My Failed Pipelines :D  ( 6 min )

No mundo da computação em nuvem e DevOps, gerenciar infraestrutura de forma manual pode ser um pesadelo: propenso a erros humanos, difícil de replicar e desafiador para escalar. É aí que entra o Terraform, uma ferramenta revolucionária que transforma a infraestrutura em código executável. Desenvolvida pela HashiCorp, o Terraform permite que engenheiros e equipes de TI definam, provisionem e gerenciem recursos de nuvem de maneira declarativa e automatizada. Neste artigo, exploraremos o que é o Terraform, como ele funciona e veremos exemplos práticos para você começar a usá-lo. O Terraform é uma ferramenta open-source de Infraestrutura como Código (IaC, do inglês Infrastructure as Code), que permite aos usuários descreverem sua infraestrutura desejada em arquivos de configuração legíveis por…  ( 8 min )

The ancient symbol of the ouroboros—a serpent consuming its own tail—has found disturbing new relevance in the digital age. As artificial intelligence systems increasingly encounter content generated by their predecessors during training, researchers are documenting the emergence of a technological feedback loop with profound implications. What happens when machines learn from machines, creating a closed system where synthetic data begets more synthetic data? The answer, according to emerging research, signals a degradation already underway—a digital cannibalism that could fundamentally alter the trajectory of artificial intelligence development. The internet landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Where once the web was populated primarily by human-created conte…  ( 23 min )

Run tests in isolated Docker Compose stacks using a preview image of your app and a slim database copy seeded with only the entities you actually need. This drastically reduces flakiness, shortens run times, and restores trust in your test suite. End-to-end (E2E) and integration tests are essential for maintaining confidence in your product. They validate critical user flows and system interactions. But when tests are flaky—intermittently failing for non-code reasons—they block releases, waste debugging hours, and erode trust. This article shows a practical approach to stabilizing tests by running them inside Docker against a dedicated preview image of your application, connected to a slimmed-down copy of your database. The result is deterministic, fast, and repeatable test runs. Common so…  ( 10 min )

If you’ve worked with Arduino, ESP32, or Raspberry Pi, chances are you’ve come across ultrasonic sensors for distance measurement. One solid option that often gets overlooked is the US-100 Ultrasonic Ranging Module. It’s compact, efficient, and has a couple of neat tricks that make it stand out from the usual HC-SR04 sensor. What Makes the US-100 Different? Unlike many low-cost ultrasonic sensors, the US-100 supports two communication modes: GPIO Trigger/Echo Mode → Works just like the HC-SR04, making it a drop-in replacement in many circuits. UART Mode → Lets you query distance and even temperature with simple serial commands, which reduces timing headaches on the microcontroller side. Another bonus: it has a built-in temperature sensor to compensate for the speed of sound under different conditions. That’s important when you want reliable readings outdoors or in environments where the temperature shifts a lot. 📏 Key Specs Operating Voltage: 2.4 V ~ 5.5 V Range: 2 cm – 450 cm Accuracy: ±0.3 cm + 1% Interface: GPIO or UART (selectable) Current Draw: < 2 mA (standby) Temperature Sensor: Yes (with serial command) Why Use It? The US-100 is a great fit for: Robotics (obstacle avoidance, mapping) IoT applications (distance or level sensing) Smart home devices (basic motion/distance detection) Interactive installations (detecting people or objects nearby) Because it works over UART as well as GPIO, it’s more flexible than entry-level modules and is easier to integrate into complex builds. Learn More You can dive into the details here: U[S-100 Ultrasonic Ranging Module] What’s your go-to ultrasonic sensor for projects? Do you stick with the classic HC-SR04, or have you tried modules like the US-100?  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. Web developer is a really hard job especially before the deadline. No matter how early you do your tasks, new tasks and new bugs keeps appearing endlessly. I really get exhausted!😇 So I was trying to improve my work by using AI and test automation as I wrote in my posts before.🧠 ↓ 🎭How to test Next.js SSR API (Playwright + MSW) Part 2 Parallel test🎭 https://dev.to/webdeveloperhyper/how-to-test-nextjs-ssr-api-playwright-msw-part-2-parallel-test-3akj ↓ 🧠How to use AI more efficiently for free (Serena MCP)🧐 https://dev.to/webdeveloperhyper/how-to-use-ai-more-efficiently-for-free-serena-mcp-5gj6 One day I realized that improving myself would also be a good way to stop freaking out before the deadline.🦸 And this is how my…  ( 9 min )

You’re a digital detective. Your mission: extract the truth from the tangled web. But the web fights back—anti-bot walls, JavaScript mazes, CAPTCHA sentinels. This isn’t a side hustle; it’s a heist. And every good heist needs the right crew. Here’s my A-team of Python libraries for 2025—the ones that actually get you in, out, and home before your coffee gets cold. The Scout: BeautifulSoup Your quiet, sharp-eyed partner. They can look at a wall of messy HTML and instantly spot the hidden door. No dynamite, no drama—just elegant precision. Their Vibe: "I see the data. Follow me." Call Sign: soup.find('div', class_='secret-data') The Driver: Requests The getaway driver. Reliable, fearless, and knows every HTTP highway. They get you to the location and back, no questions as…  ( 7 min )

Satellite-Free Ocean Container Tracking Global supply chains increasingly demand visibility across every leg of a shipment’s journey – including the long ocean transit where traditional real-time tracking often goes dark. Satellite-free ocean container tracking is emerging as a cost-effective alternative to expensive satellite communications, leveraging intelligent devices that log data at sea and transmit when a terrestrial network is available. A satellite-free solution addresses this by decoupling the tracking of location from the transmission of data. In essence, the device continues to collect GNSS (GPS) position fixes throughout the voyage, storing them on internal memory. Rather than transmitting in real time via satellite, it waits until it regains cellular (e.g. LTE-M, NB-IoT, 4…  ( 23 min )

If product managers are plumbers 🪠, then designers are often the water engineers: you shape the flow, PMs patch the leaks. But here’s the thing—sometimes what looks like a “technical bug” is really a UX bug. A confusing button label, a layout that hides a key action, or a flow that “works” technically but doesn’t work in the user’s head… all of those create the same effect: users feel like the product is broken. Troubleshooting isn’t just an engineering task. It’s where PMs and designers meet in the messy middle—figuring out whether the pain is in the code, the flow, or the expectation gap. Here are 5 ways I’ve found design + PM teams can troubleshoot together: Treat UX confusion like any other incident If users are “misclicking” or “getting lost,” log it. Write a ticket. Reproduce it. Tr…  ( 7 min )

If product management had a spirit animal, it wouldn’t be a lion or an eagle. It’d be… a plumber. Why? Because half the time, you don’t know where the leak is, you didn’t cause it (probably), and someone’s yelling that the water’s cold. Troubleshooting isn’t a “side quest” for PMs — it is the job. And when things break, your team looks to you to cut through the noise, steady the ship, and get users back on track. The good news? Troubleshooting isn’t magic — it’s a repeatable skill. Here’s my field-tested playbook of 11 habits every PM can use to go from “ugh” to “aha!” Be a scientist, not a hero Your brain loves the first plausible explanation. Resist it. Write down your hypotheses, test them, and let the evidence guide you. Define “broken” before it breaks Set up SLIs, SLOs, and error bud…  ( 7 min )

If you’ve been working with Deployments in Kubernetes, you know they’re great for running workloads across multiple Pods. That’s where DaemonSets come in. A DaemonSet ensures that: Every Node in your cluster runs a copy of a specific Pod When new Nodes are added, Kubernetes automatically places the Pod on them When Nodes are removed, those Pods are also removed Deleting a DaemonSet cleans up all Pods it created Think of a DaemonSet as: 👉 “One Pod per Node — always.” DaemonSets are not for running user apps. Instead, they’re used for cluster-level tasks such as: 📦 Storage Daemons Example: Run a storage agent like Ceph or GlusterFS on every node. 📜 Log Collection Daemons Example: Run Fluentd, Logstash, or Filebeat on every node to collect and ship logs. 📊 Monitoring Daemons Example: Run…  ( 7 min )

Penyair, hailing from Suba in Bogotá, drops a hypnotic, meditative performance of his brand-new single “Bambú” on the A COLORS SHOW stage—his latest offering after the album Filantropía. The stripped-back setup puts every lyric and groove front and center, giving a raw, immersive vibe. You can catch the full session on YouTube (plus peep him on TikTok and Instagram), and if you’re craving more fresh talent, COLORSxSTUDIOS has you covered with curated Feel & Move playlists, a 24/7 livestream, and all the socials for nonstop discovery. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – "Over" (Live on KEXP) Thee Marloes storm through their track "Over" live in the KEXP studio, recorded August 1, 2025. The Indonesian art-rock crew—Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys), Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar/vox), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass/vox) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion/vox)—lock in tight grooves under host Larry Mizell Jr.’s guidance, with Kevin Suggs on audio and Matt Ogaz mastering. A team of five cameras (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) plus editor Luke Knecht capture every riff and beat. Check out more tunes at https://theemarloes.bandcamp.com or dive into the KEXP universe at http://kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language – I’m Not Ready For The Change (Live on KEXP) Nation of Language serve up a peppy, synth-infused take on their track “I’m Not Ready For The Change,” recorded live in the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025. Expect catchy guitar riffs, layered keys and tight basslines from Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell and Alex MacKay. Hosted by Cheryl Waters, the session was engineered by Julian Martlew with guest mixer Skinny Salazar, mastered by Matt Ogaz and filmed by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht (edited by Beckmann). For more tunes, hit up their official site or swing by KEXP’s channel. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village is basically a promo for Noah LeFevre’s new book Century of Song, celebrating a century of defining American music. You can grab your copy at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon or Indigo. For a taste of that folk-protest spirit right now, there’s also a free 2007 demo of Dancing Willow’s haunting rendition of “The Foggy Dew.” Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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Jon Millman’s hobby of crafting custom ball markers during the pandemic has turned into Golf Life Metals, the surprise supplier for golf’s biggest names. Rory McIlroy even used one to seal his 2025 Masters win and complete his career grand slam. Now those same markers will be in the pockets of both Team Europe and Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, proving that in golf, the smallest details can make the biggest impact. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? Bryan Bros had an absolute blast teeing off with the US Junior Champion—you know the vibes were epic! They’re still buzzing from the day, hyping you to grab some Rhoback gear and hit that newsletter link for all the behind-the-scenes. They’ve also stacked a sweet gear list—Foresight QuadMax launch monitor, Bushnell PRO X3 laser rangefinder, LAB Putters, Takomo clubs, Bruce Bolt gloves—and sprinkled discount codes everywhere. Don’t forget to join their Discord, catch them on Twitch, and follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more golf shenanigans! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR: This post introduces Proxmox-GitOps, a system that creates a self-managing CI/CD control plane for Proxmox VE. It bootstraps from a single repository and manages itself recursively within the LXC containers it oversees. Proxmox-GitOps implements a self-contained CI/CD control plane for Proxmox VE that bootstraps from a single repository and manages itself recursively within the LXC containers under management. Repository: stevius10/Proxmox-GitOps Demo (1min+): A local bootstrap script (./local/run.sh) seeds a Gitea instance and a runner, initializes the pipeline, and creates an initial pull request. Merging this PR transitions the system into full self-management. From that point on, subsequent commits automatically converge the desired state across all Proxmox LXC containers. The …  ( 7 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei drops you into Feudal Japan as Atsu, a fresh-faced protagonist hell-bent on revenge. You’ll carve your own path through a story that hooks you from the first clash. Between serene temples and blood-spattered battlefields, the game’s breathtaking vistas clash gloriously with its brutal combat, keeping you on edge as beauty and violence collide. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami shipped Kurt a real-life puzzle box straight out of Silent Hill f, challenging him to crack its eerie mechanisms. In this video, we tag along as he wrestles with each twist and turn—moments of frustration, sudden breakthroughs, and classic horror-game vibes all rolled into one addictive unboxing-and-solving session. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Introduction In Linux system administration, managing users, groups, and permissions is one of the most critical skills. It ensures that only the right people have access to sensitive files, while promoting collaboration in shared environments. In this project, we simulate a real-world scenario by creating multiple users, assigning them to groups, and managing access to shared directories and project files. This hands-on approach gives you practical experience with essential commands like adduser, groupadd, usermod, chmod, chown, and id. Tasks to be Completed Create Groups Create Users Assign Users to Groups Set Up a Shared Project Directory Manage Permissions Test Group Collaboration Confirm that non-members (e.g., carol) cannot access the directory. Change File Ownership …  ( 9 min )

The Trojan Node: How a Single Addition Can Topple Network Analysis Imagine a seemingly benign addition to your social network – a new contact, an extra friend. But what if this 'innocent' connection was engineered to fundamentally alter the perception of your social group, leading to skewed analysis and flawed conclusions? This is the power – and the peril – of the 'Trojan Node'. The core concept revolves around strategic node injection. By carefully introducing a small number of meticulously connected 'proxy nodes' into a network graph, we can subtly but dramatically shift community affiliations. These nodes act as bridges, pulling target nodes away from their original clusters and pushing them towards new, artificially constructed groupings. This fundamentally impacts how algorithms in…  ( 7 min )

Problem Understanding Given numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., n that must be pushed onto a stack in order, generate all possible output sequences from interleaved push/pop operations. Key Constraint: Push order is fixed, but pop timing is flexible. At any point during the process, you have exactly two choices: Pop from stack (if not empty) Push next number (if available) This creates a binary decision tree where each path represents a valid sequence. The recursive function tracks three pieces of state: nextPush: next number to push (1 to n) stack: current stack contents output: numbers popped so far void generate(int nextPush, stack& stk, vector& output) { if (output.size() == n) { // Base case: complete sequence found print(output); return; } // Tw…  ( 7 min )

Understanding Skewness and Kurtosis in Statistics When analyzing data distributions, two crucial statistical measures help us understand the shape and characteristics of our data: skewness and kurtosis. These measures go beyond simple central tendency (mean, median, mode) and dispersion (variance, standard deviation) to provide deeper insights into how our data is distributed. Skewness measures the asymmetry of a probability distribution around its mean. It tells us whether the data is symmetrically distributed or if it has a longer tail on one side. Symmetric Distribution (Zero Skewness) Skewness ≈ 0 The distribution is perfectly balanced around the mean Mean = Median = Mode Both tails are equal in length Right Skewed (Positive Skewness) Skewness > 0 The right tail is longer than…  ( 8 min )

Initial Setup mkdir my-express-api cd my-express-api # Initialize npm project npm init -y # Install Express 5 and core dependencies npm install express@^5.0.0 npm install cors helmet morgan compression dotenv npm install bcrypt jsonwebtoken express-rate-limit npm install express-validator # Install TypeScript and development dependencies npm install -D typescript @types/node @types/express npm install -D @types/cors @types/helmet @types/morgan npm install -D @types/compression @types/bcrypt @types/jsonwebtoken npm install -D @types/express-rate-limit # Install linting and formatting tools npm install -D eslint @typescript-eslint/parser @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin npm install -D prettier eslint-config-prettier eslint-plugin-prettier npm install -D @eslint/js typescript-eslint # Install testing tools npm install -D jest @types/jest ts-jest supertest @types/supertest # Install development tools npm install -D tsx nodemon concurrently cross-env # Install additional production utilities npm install winston express-async-errors http-status-codes npm install -D @types/http-status-codes Project Structure my-express-api/ ├── src/ │ ├── controllers/ # Route handlers │ ├── middleware/ # Custom middleware │ ├── models/ # Data models/schemas │ ├── routes/ # Route definitions │ ├── services/ # Business logic │ ├── types/ # TypeScript type definitions │ ├── utils/ # Utility functions │ ├── config/ # Configuration files │ └── app.ts # Express app setup ├── tests/ # Test files ├── dist/ # Compiled JavaScript (auto-generated) ├── docs/ # API documentation ├── .env # Environment variables ├── .env.example # Environment variables template ├── package.json ├── tsconfig.json ├── eslint.config.js ├── prettier.config.js ├── jest.config.js ├── docker-compose.yml ├── Dockerfile └── README.md  ( 6 min )

When working with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), you’ll come across two powerful concepts: 👉 Node Pools 👉 Node Selectors These help you control how your workloads run on nodes inside your Kubernetes cluster. Let’s break them down step by step. A Node Pool is basically a group of nodes in a GKE cluster with the same configuration. When you create a cluster, GKE automatically creates a default node pool. You can add more node pools with different configurations depending on your workload needs. 🔑 Each node in a pool has a label like this: cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool: default-pool cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool: linuxapps-pool So, GKE automatically labels nodes by their pool name. You can categorize workloads by creating node pools with specific configurations. For example: 🖴 Node pool with local SSDs for high I/O apps ⚡ Node pool with minimum CPU platform for performance tuning 💰 Node pool with Spot VMs for cost savings 🖥️ Node pool with a specific machine type (e.g., e2-standard-4) 🖼️ Node pool with a specific node image (e.g., Container-Optimized OS vs Ubuntu) 👉 You can resize node pools by adding/removing nodes. ⚠️ Important: You cannot change a single node’s config inside a node pool. Any change applies to the entire pool. A Node Selector is a simple way to tell Kubernetes where your Pod should run. It’s part of the Pod spec and works with key-value labels. Example: If you want a Pod to run only in the linuxapps-pool node pool 👇 apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: my-linux-app spec: nodeSelector: cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool: linuxapps-pool containers: - name: my-container image: nginx Here’s what happens: Kubernetes looks at your cluster nodes. It finds nodes with the label cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool=linuxapps-pool. It schedules your Pod there. ✅ Node Pools = groups of nodes with the same configuration. Node Selectors = simple rules to make sure Pods land on the right nodes. Together, these give you fine-grained control over workload placement in GKE.  ( 7 min )

LLM (Large Language Model) is one of the most trending topics today. A few years ago, if you Googled this topic, you would see a very different scenario from what we see today. LLM development was a highly specialized activity for AI research. But today, if you Google “How to build an LLM from scratch” or “Should I build an LLM”, you will see a much different story. In general, there are four main steps to building an LLM: Data Curation / Data Collection Model Architecture Training at Scale Evaluation 1. Data Curation / Data Collection This is the very first step of building an LLM. It is also the most important and time-consuming step of the process. It is said that: “The quality of the model is driven by the quality of the data.” For example: GPT-3 was trained o…  ( 7 min )

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L'outil incontournable en cybersécurité : Wireshark Introduction Dans le paysage numérique actuel, la cybersécurité est devenue un enjeu crucial pour les entreprises et les particuliers. Avec la montée en puissance des attaques informatiques sophistiquées, il est essentiel de disposer d'outils efficaces pour protéger les systèmes et les données sensibles. Parmi les outils de cybersécurité les plus populaires et puissants, Wireshark occupe une place de choix. Wireshark est un analyseur de protocole réseau open-source largement utilisé dans le domaine de la sécurité informatique. Il permet d'inspecter les données qui transitent sur un réseau en temps réel et de les analyser en profondeur pour détecter d'éventuelles anomalies ou attaques. Capture de paquets : Wireshark peut captu…  ( 7 min )

Definition of the slice 1 screen (+ success state) 2 endpoints (POST /action, GET /status) 3 tests (happy, bad input, mocked failure) 1 metric instrumented (per attempt) Minimal folder skeleton /app /api # endpoints /ui # one screen + success /tests # 3 tests /metrics # logger/tracker Fastify stubs (copy‑paste) app.post('/action', async (req, reply) => { const { input } = req.body || {}; if (!input) { reply.statusCode = 400: return { error: 'missing input' }; } const id = Date.now().toString(); // TODO: enqueue or mock work return { id }; }); app.get('/status', async (req, reply) => { const { id } = req.query || {}; // TODO: return mocked result for demo return { id, state: 'done', result: { ok: true } }; }); Tests (Given/When/Then) Given valid input → When POST /action → Then receive id Given missing input → When POST /action → Then 400 Given id → When GET /status → Then state in {'queued','done'} and result? Instrumentation (pseudo) log('attempt', { id, ts }); log('success', { id, ts, useful: rating }); Ship boring. Learn fast. The goal isn’t elegance; it’s evidence. Full checklist + copy blocks → https://shipwithai.substack.com/p/pasta-al-dente-ship-a-one-feature?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=issue_pasta_al_dente_week  ( 6 min )

The rise of AI, blockchain, and decentralized technologies has made clear communication more important than ever. It’s not enough to build great tools, someone has to explain them in a way that’s accessible, accurate, and compelling. That’s where technical writing comes in. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or someone transitioning into tech, learning how to write tutorials, documentation, and explainers is a skill that can open doors to: Better job opportunities in tech Freelance and consulting work Building your personal brand as a thought leader Contributing to open-source projects more effectively And here’s the truth: you don’t need to be a programmer to succeed in technical writing. You just need a technical skill, curiosity, and the ability to break down complex ideas for others. https://bit.ly/learntechnicalwriting It’s a 4-week guided program where I’ll help you: Learn the foundations of technical writing Create content that resonates with both developers and non-developers Build a portfolio you can use to land jobs or freelance gigs Develop the confidence to write clearly about fast-growing fields like AI and blockchain Clear communication is a career superpower. The best time to start learning it is now. 👉 Apply here to join the mentorship program. Learn and start writing, one day at a time  ( 6 min )

🔎 What is CORS? Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a browser security feature that controls how web applications request resources (APIs, images, fonts, etc.) from a different origin (domain, protocol or port). 👉 Example: Your React frontend runs at http://localhost:3000. Your Go API runs at http://localhost:8080. When React fetches data from Go API → this is a cross-origin request. Without proper CORS setup, the browser blocks the request for security reasons. CORS works via HTTP headers exchanged between the browser and server. Simple Requests Happen when: Method is GET, POST or HEAD Headers are only "safe" ones (Accept, Content-Type as application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, text/plain) 👉 Example: GET /api/products HTTP/1.1 Origin: http://example-frontend.co…  ( 8 min )

It lets you copy any text directly from a PDF, and it automatically saves every snippet neatly inside a folder—organized and ready whenever you need it. No more juggling between apps. No more lost notes. Just simple, effortless text saving. Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or even feature ideas! 🙌 https://sites.google.com/view/pdfsnippetsofficialsite/home  ( 5 min )

Introduction react-router-dom's useNavigate is a useful tool for implementing page transitions in React. It's often used in cases like "navigating to another page when a button is pressed" or "dynamically switching pages using an input ID." This article clearly explains the basic usage of navigate and how to combine it with forms and input values. 1.First, obtain the function with useNavigate. import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom"; const navigate = useNavigate(); 2.Navigate to a fixed page To navigate to a specific route, simply pass a string. navigate("/cards/register"); // Navigate to the new registration page 3.Passing values ​​dynamically Using template literals, you can embed input values ​​in the URL. const onSubmit = (data: any) => { navigate(`/cards/${data.userId}`); // Example: If userId is "hello", navigate to /cards/hello }; Summary useNavigate → Get the function navigate("/path") → Navigate to the page navigate(/cards/${data.userId}) → Dynamically navigate using the input value  ( 6 min )

Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s already reshaping how developers write, test, and deploy code. From accelerating routine tasks to powering entirely new ways of building applications, GenAI is becoming an essential part of the modern software development toolkit. Generative AI refers to AI models that can create new content—text, images, code, and more—based on input prompts. In the context of software engineering, this means AI can help generate code snippets, documentation, test cases, architecture diagrams, and even design patterns. Instead of just searching for answers on forums, developers now collaborate with AI systems to speed up development cycles and reduce repetitive work. Faster Prototyping Improved Productivity Smarter Debugging Enhanced Colla…  ( 7 min )

Hollow Knight Silksong pits you against The Last Judge, a fierce boss guarding the Citadel at the end of Act 1. This guide lays out clear combat tips—timing your dodges, exploiting her openings, and equipping the right charms and upgrades—to help you topple her thronemaid. If you’d rather skip the headache, there’s a sneaky path through the Mist that bypasses her entirely. On top of fight tactics, you’ll find recommendations for the best gear to boost your offense and defense. And if visuals are more your thing, there’s a handy IGN video link showing exactly how to navigate the Mist and leave The Last Judge in your dust. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Dumb and Dumber In 18 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins takes a hilarious, nitpicky dive into the classic comedy Dumb and Dumber, counting every outrageous blunder, plot hole, and “did they really just do that?” moment—wrapped up in under 18 minutes of gleeful ribbing. Along the way they pitch their sponsor Trade (with a sweet 50% off), plug their main site and social channels, and remind you to join the sinning party on Discord, Reddit, TikTok, and beyond. Behind the scenes you’ll find a team of writers (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) and opportunities to share your own takes via a poll or support the squad on Patreon. Whether you’re here for the laughs or the top-tier movie critique, CinemaSins has you covered with more channels, merch, and mayhem than you knew you needed. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Mixing Night – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Join 2X Grammy-winner Ken Lewis for a free live Mixing Night Q&A where he breaks down pro mixing techniques, shares insider tips from 30+ years in the major label world, and answers your burning questions on the mix bus, production, recording and career growth. Stick around for giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix and Bettermaker, and don’t miss links to subscribe, grab merch, unlock ALLCOMP and GreenHAAS deals, book Ken’s mix critiques, and explore all the extra resources on his sites and socials. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair’s COLORS Debut: “Bambú” Colombian wordsmith Penyair (hailing from Suba, Bogotá) delivers a hypnotic, stripped-down performance of his brand-new single “Bambú,” marking his next move after the album Filantropía. His laid-back flow and introspective vibes take center stage, weaving poetic bars over minimal production. Staying true to COLORS’ signature aesthetic, the setup is ultra-clean and distraction-free, spotlighting the artist’s raw talent. If you’re into fresh sounds and soulful lyricism, this one’s a must-watch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes Tear Up the KEXP Studio with “Over” Indonesian indie outfit Thee Marloes delivers a hypnotic live rendition of “Over” at KEXP, recorded August 1, 2025. Led by Natassya Sianturi’s soaring vocals and keys, the quintet—Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar/vox, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass/vox and Sandy Kusuma on percussion/vox—blends dreamy atmospheres with tight, math-rock rhythms. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr., the session’s crisp sound is engineered by Kevin Suggs and mastered by Matt Ogaz, while a crew of five camera operators and editor Luke Knecht capture every moment. Check out more from Thee Marloes on Bandcamp or dive into other KEXP sessions at kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language lit up KEXP on August 4, 2025 with a sizzling live take on I’m Not Ready For The Change. The trio—Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass)—laid down their dreamy synth-pop in the Seattle studio under Cheryl Waters’ watchful ear. Behind the scenes, Julian Martlew manned the audio board, joined by guest mixer Skinny Salazar and mastering ace Matt Ogaz, while Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen and Luke Knecht captured every angle on camera. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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The Ryder Cup's Unusual Custom Merch You Know Nothing About During the pandemic, Jon Millman started crafting custom ball markers just for fun—and now his hobby has turned into Tour-level swag. Rory McIlroy even used one of Millman’s markers to win the 2025 Masters and seal his career grand slam. Fast-forward to the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, and both Team Europe and Team USA will be sporting Golf Life Metals’ personalized ball markers, proving that the tiniest pieces of gear can make the biggest statements. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? Teeing off with the US Junior Champion was an absolute blast—an unforgettable day on the course that pushed our game to the next level. If you want in on the action, don’t miss our newsletter, hop into the Discord community, and catch us streaming live on Twitch. Gear up like the pros with our favorite sponsors: Rhoback apparel, Foresight Sports’ QuadMax launch monitor, Bushnell Pro X3 laser rangefinder, LAB putters, Takomo Golf, and Bruce Bolt gloves—all with exclusive discount codes just for you. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Meet Atsu, the game’s new hotheaded hero on a one-way road to vengeance. Ghost of Yōtei drops you into Feudal Japan’s jaw-dropping scenery and lets you carve through foes in a bloody rage. Between serene temple courtyards and brutal battlefield skirmishes, the contrast of beauty and violence keeps every moment tense and thrilling. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving This REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami sent over a fully functional puzzle box inspired by one of the mind-bending riddles from Silent Hill f. In this video, we follow Kurt as he carefully inspects every hidden latch and secret panel, trying to unlock its mysteries. Will he crack the code or be left staring at a sealed box? Tune in to see the twists, turns, and satisfying “clicks” as each piece falls into place. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Resolving Volume Mounts Issue in Kubernetes Problem Statement The Nginx and PHP-FPM setup deployed on a Kubernetes cluster experienced a functionality halt that prevented website access through the standard interface. The deployment consisted of a single pod (nginx-phpfpm) with two containers and an associated ConfigMap (nginx-config). Investigation Commands: kubectl get pods -o wide kubectl describe pod nginx-phpfpm kubectl logs nginx-phpfpm -c nginx-container kubectl logs nginx-phpfpm -c php-fpm-container kubectl get configmap nginx-config -o yaml Key Findings: Pod status: Running (2/2 containers ready) Nginx listening on port 8099 instead of expected port 80 Service configured for port 8099:30008 mapping Volume mount path inconsistencies between containers The investigatio…  ( 7 min )

In today’s data-driven world, businesses are constantly seeking ways to make sense of large volumes of data. One of the most effective techniques for discovering hidden patterns is clustering—the process of grouping similar data points based on shared characteristics. Clustering allows organizations to uncover natural groupings in their data that may not be obvious at first glance. Think of clustering as creating “personas” for your data. For example, in retail, one cluster of customers may be budget-conscious shoppers who buy mostly discounted items, while another cluster may represent premium buyers who look for exclusivity and quality. By identifying these patterns, companies can tailor strategies, improve customer engagement, and optimize operations. Tableau, one of the leading busines…  ( 10 min )

Kubernetes Deployments: Rollbacks & Rolling Restarts In this guide, we’ll learn how to: Rollback a Deployment to a previous version Rollback to a specific revision Perform Rolling Restarts of an application By the end, you’ll understand how Kubernetes ensures safe rollbacks and seamless restarts with zero downtime. Kubernetes provides two main rollback strategies: Rollback to Previous Version → Quickly revert to the last known good state. Rollback to Specific Revision → Revert to any earlier revision tracked in rollout history. Additionally, Rolling Restarts allow you to restart pods in a controlled, zero-downtime manner. 1️⃣ Check Rollout History kubectl rollout history deployment/my-first-deployment 2️⃣ Review Each Revision Check annotations and images used in previous revisions. kub…  ( 7 min )

When working with objects, you sometimes want to prevent accidental changes to certain properties. TypeScript’s readonly modifier helps you lock properties so they can’t be reassigned after creation. readonly Modifier in Interfaces or Type Aliases You can add readonly directly to each property: type User = { readonly name: string; readonly age: number; }; name and age are both read-only. Once a User object is created, these properties cannot be reassigned. Example: const user: User = { name: "Safal", age: 10, }; user.age = 12; // ❌ Error: Cannot assign to 'age' because it is a read-only property TypeScript’s compiler enforces immutability at compile time. Readonly Utility Type Instead of writing readonly on every property, TypeScript provides a built-in utility type: type…  ( 7 min )

VoIP and SIP Essentials: A Deep Dive into Modern Voice Communication Introduction Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has revolutionized communication, transforming how we make phone calls. Instead of relying on traditional circuit-switched networks, VoIP leverages the internet to transmit voice data as digital packets. At the heart of many VoIP implementations lies the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), a signaling protocol responsible for establishing, modifying, and terminating multimedia sessions, including voice calls. This article will explore the essential aspects of VoIP and SIP, covering their prerequisites, advantages, disadvantages, features, and concluding with an outlook on their future. Prerequisites for VoIP Implementation Before diving into VoIP and SIP, it's crucial to …  ( 9 min )

In today’s highly competitive B2B market, businesses must adapt quickly to shifting customer expectations and increasing demands for efficiency. Manual sales processes often result in missed opportunities, slower responses, and reduced productivity. To overcome these challenges, companies are turning to software automation as a strategic tool for driving B2B sales growth. Streamlining Lead Management Effective lead management is crucial for B2B sales success. Automated tools can capture, score, and prioritize leads based on buyer intent and engagement levels. This ensures that sales teams spend their energy on high-quality prospects, significantly improving conversion rates and shortening sales cycles. Enhancing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Automation brings a new dimension to CR…  ( 7 min )

TypeScript’s utility types help you avoid repetitive code when working with object shapes. Two of the most useful are Pick and Partial. Let’s break them down with a practical example. User Interface interface User { id: number; name: string; age: number; email: string; password: string; } This describes a typical User object with all required fields. Pick – Selecting Specific Properties Pick creates a new type by selecting a subset of properties from another type. type UpdateProps = Pick; Here: T is the source type (User). K is a union of property keys we want ("age" | "name" | "email"). The resulting UpdateProps is equivalent to: type UpdateProps = { age: number; name: string; email: string; }; This is perfect when, for examp…  ( 7 min )

Introduction When you launch a startup, the first impression often comes from your website. A slow, unreliable, or insecure site can turn potential customers away before they even see your product. In this guide we’ll walk through the essential hosting and domain practices that keep your site fast, safe, and scalable—all without breaking the bank. Startups typically choose between three main models: Shared Hosting – Cheapest, but resources are shared with many other sites. Good for MVPs with low traffic. Virtual Private Server (VPS) – Dedicated slice of a physical server. Offers more control and predictable performance. Managed Cloud (e.g., AWS Lightsail, DigitalOcean App Platform, Vercel) – Handles scaling, backups, and security patches for you. Tip: Start with a managed VPS or cloud se…  ( 8 min )

Introducing Gettemplate.website Press enter or click to view image in full size Hello and welcome As a founder, I have been working on this new product for the past 3/4 months, and after a decent launch, I’ve decided to revamp the website, but before that, let me tell you what I've made. As developers, we’ve all been there — spending hours setting up the same boilerplate, adjusting Tailwind configs, reusing the same auth flow, or copy-pasting dashboard layouts from old projects. It’s not fun, and honestly, it slows us down. That’s exactly why I started GetTemplate.website. In 2025, you shouldn’t have to rebuild the wheel just to launch a portfolio, a landing page, or a SaaS dashboard. With GetTemplate, it’s literally one click to access the full source code of any template you like. What makes it different? Tons of Templates 🚀 Landing pages & portfolios Dashboards & CRM systems Payment & checkout flows Tables, forms, and even AI UI kits Each one comes with download-ready source code. No fluff, no “demo-only” designs — real code you can use right away. Whether you’re: an indie hacker validating an idea, a freelancer shipping fast for clients, or a dev who just wants to skip the boring setup work — GetTemplate saves you time and helps you focus on what actually matters: building features, not boilerplates. 👉 Try it out: gettemplate.website I am consistently adding more templates as well as premium templates on the same, stay tuned and do check the website Shrey  ( 6 min )

Understanding GitLab Scheduled Pipelines and YAML Configuration In GitLab, A scheduled pipeline allows automated execution of jobs at specific times using cron expressions. The .gitlab-ci.yml file defines the pipeline’s structure, including stages, jobs, and the scripts to run. Each job can specify rules or only: [schedules] to control when it runs, ensuring scheduled jobs don’t trigger on pushes or merge requests. When a schedule is created in the GitLab UI, it targets a branch and defines the timing and optional variables. At the scheduled time, GitLab triggers a pipeline on the selected branch with CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE="schedule". The runner picks up jobs whose rules match the scheduled context and executes the defined scripts. Job logs and statuses are captured in GitLab for moni…  ( 6 min )

This is a submission for the KendoReact Free Components Challenge. We embedded a Kendo React DataGrid directly inside JupyterLab. From within a notebook, you can now: 🔎 Interactively filter and sort data 📋 Select specific cells or rectangular ranges 📑 Copy data in different formats 🔍 Search across the grid 📊 Visualize the same data in charts (bar, pie, scatter) — all without leaving JupyterLab 🎬 Demo View the repository Grid & Data Components: Grid Column GridToolbar GridPdfExport ExcelExport ExcelExportColumn Input & Controls: Button ButtonGroup Checkbox Input DropDownList MultiSelect UI & Feedback: Popup Notification NotificationGroup Slide Dialog DialogActionBar Additional Packages: @progress/kendo-data-query @progress/kendo-react-icons ✨ Key Highlights: Fully interactive data exploration inside JupyterLab Charts and data grids work seamlessly in one environment Developers can quickly analyze, filter, and export data without switching apps  ( 6 min )

In this guide, we’ll learn how to update Kubernetes Deployments in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using two methods: kubectl set image (direct image update) kubectl edit deployment (manual YAML edit) We’ll also verify rollout status, ReplicaSets, Pods, and rollout history step by step. Kubernetes supports updating Deployments in two ways: Set Image → Quick way to update the container image directly. Edit Deployment → Manual way to edit deployment YAML and change the image (or other fields). By default, updates are performed using a rolling update strategy, ensuring zero downtime. 1️⃣ Get Container Name from Deployment kubectl get deployment my-first-deployment -o yaml 2️⃣ Update Deployment to V2 kubectl set image deployment/my-first-deployment \ kubenginx=ghcr.io/stacksimplify/kubenginx…  ( 7 min )

🚀 Say Goodbye to pip Wait Times – Meet uv, the Flash of Python Package Managers ⚡🐍 Tired of waiting for pip install to finish like it’s downloading a 90s dial-up mixtape? Well, hold on to your virtualenvs, folks — because uv is here, and it’s built like a Pythonic Tesla 🚗⚡ 🦄 What is uv? uv is the cool, fast, and intelligent cousin of pip, venv, pip-tools, and poetry. powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex" 🧠 One tool to rule them all ⚡ Speed that makes pip cry 📦 Smarter dependency resolution "ERROR: Cannot install X and Y because of Z. You're on your own, buddy." uv handles it like a pro. It doesn’t just solve dependencies; it negotiates peace treaties between them. 🔐 Built-in virtual environments uv venv uv sync It will install below dependencies , it consist of most AI related tools because this sync reads from pyproject.toml file and do the magic for you. Installed tools Boom. Virtual environment. Activated. No goat sacrifices required. 📝 Lock files that actually lock things 🛠️ Example Workflow (a.k.a. less pain, more Python): uv venv # Create a virtual environment All this at warp speed, without cluttered logs or broken hearts 💔 🤔 But do I still need to install Python? Well, yes. Kind of. uv ships with its own embedded Python, but if you want to do Python-y things like running python my_script.py, you should still install Python globally. TL;DR: Use uv if you like: Speed 🚀 Sanity 🧘 One tool instead of 17 🔧 Actually working environments without crying 😢 Go ahead. Try uv. Your future self (and your CI pipeline) will thank you. Because life’s too short for slow installs and broken dependency trees.  ( 7 min )

Linear regression is an important algorithms in machine learning. It models the relationship between a dependent variable (target) and one or more independent variables (features) by fitting a linear equation (for example a line) to observed data. This blog will walk through the mathematics behind linear regression models. Linear regression finds a linear function that best predicts the target variable y based on predictor variables x. The model equation is: y=m0+m1x1+m2x2+…+mnxn y = m_0 + m_1 x_1 + m_2 x_2 + \ldots + m_n x_n y=m0​+m1​x1​+m2​x2​+…+mn​xn​ where m0m_0 m0​ is the intercept and m1,m2,…,mnm_1, m_2, \ldots, m_n m1​,m2​,…,mn​ are the coefficients (weights) for features x1,x2,…,xnx_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n x1​,x2​,…,xn​ . In linear regression we aim to find optimal v…  ( 9 min )

In this guide, we’ll explore Kubernetes Deployments using the imperative way on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Create Deployment Scale the Deployment Expose Deployment as a Service Update Deployment Rollback Deployment Rolling Restarts What is a Deployment? A Deployment in Kubernetes is a higher-level abstraction that manages Pods and ReplicaSets. It allows you to define: The container image to run The number of replicas (Pods) Update strategies (rolling updates) Rollback in case of failures What can we do with a Deployment? Using a deployment, you can: Roll out new application versions Scale the number of Pods up/down Ensure self-healing (Pods restart if they fail) Perform rolling updates & rollbacks Expose applications internally or externally Let’s create a simple Nginx deployment wi…  ( 7 min )

Penyair – Bambú | A COLORS SHOW Penyair, hailing from Suba, Bogotá, stops by the COLORS stage with a meditative performance of his brand-new single “Bambú,” following his latest album Filantropía. The stripped-back setting lets his soulful flow and intricate wordplay shine. COLORSxSTUDIOS is all about minimalism and raw talent, spotlighting standout artists worldwide on a clean, distraction-free stage that’s perfect for discovering fresh sounds. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes roll into KEXP’s Seattle studio on August 1, 2025 for an electrifying live take on “Over.” Frontwoman Natassya Sianturi leads on vocals and keys, backed by Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar/vox), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass/vox) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion/vox). Host Larry Mizell Jr. keeps the vibe rolling while Kevin Suggs mixes and Matt Ogaz handles mastering. Cameras Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht (also editor) catch every moment of this raw, energetic performance. Crave more? Head to their Bandcamp or kexp.org—and don’t forget to join the channel for exclusive perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language – “I’m Not Ready For The Change” (Live on KEXP) Nation of Language hit the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025 to deliver a spirited live version of “I’m Not Ready For The Change,” with Ian Devaney shredding guitar and vocals, Aidan Noell on keys, and Alex MacKay thumping the bass. Host Cheryl Waters guided the session as audio engineers Julian Martlew and Skinny Salazar (plus mastering by Matt Ogaz) captured every note, while cameras from Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht (edited by Beckmann) brought the performance visually to life. Dive into the full session at KEXP.org or swing by nationoflanguage.com for more. Feeling extra supportive? Join their YouTube channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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Jon Millman turned a pandemic hobby into Golf Life Metals, crafting custom ball markers that caught fire on Tour—most notably helping Rory McIlroy clinch the 2025 Masters and seal his career grand slam. Now his one-of-a-kind markers will be in every player’s pocket at Bethpage Black, as Golf Life Metals supplies both Team Europe and Team USA with bespoke goodies for the 2025 Ryder Cup. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? We had an absolute blast hitting the course with the US Junior champ—seriously, such a cool experience you’ve got to check out! Don’t forget to join our newsletter at The Bryan Brief, hop into our Discord, and catch us live on Twitch for more golf fun. We’ve teamed up with some awesome gear partners—Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo, Rhoback and Bruce Bolt Gloves—all with sweet discounts (codes in the description). Hit that subscribe button on YouTube and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay in the loop! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei throws you into a revenge saga led by Atsu, a fresh face whose thirst for justice propels the story forward. His journey weaves through the serene yet unforgiving landscapes of Feudal Japan, where every cherry blossom hides a blade. This stealth-action adventure balances moments of breathtaking beauty and brutal combat, delivering a gripping tale that keeps you on edge from start to finish. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

TL;DR Konami sent Kurt a real-life puzzle box based on a challenge from Silent Hill f. The article/video follows him as he digs into its mysterious mechanisms and tries to crack it open. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025 Livestream Get hyped for PC Gamer’s first-ever Tokyo Direct on September 28, broadcasting live from Tokyo Game Show! Expect over 30 games in development, world‐premiere announcements, fresh trailers and behind‐the‐scenes chats with developers, all hosted by Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s own Midas. Mark your calendars for 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST on September 28—this is one livestream you won’t want to miss! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

1. Setting up Environment Firstly, navigate to your project cd path/to/your/project and run the command python -m venv venv . This creates a virtual environment in your project's root directory called venv. Secondly, activate the created virtual environment by running the command source venv/bin/activate on mac or linux. source venv/Scripts/activate for GitBash A virtual environment isolates your projects python dependencies from the rest of your system. This means you can have multiple projects in the same machine, each with its own python version and library version without conflict. This also makes it easier to share your projects with others by listing all your dependencies on a requirements.txt file Once you activate your virtual environment, your terminal prompt will change. You…  ( 8 min )

Ever Googled an error 20 times before it finally made sense? 😅 Every developer has been there — staring at an error message that feels like it was written in a different universe. But here’s the twist: Googling errors isn’t a weakness. It’s actually a superpower. Here’s why 👇 When I started coding, I felt embarrassed that I couldn’t just “know” the answer. But then I realized: Even senior devs Google error codes. Debugging is 50% of the job. StackOverflow, GitHub issues, and documentation are part of a developer’s toolkit. Instead of memorizing everything, I learned how to ask better questions. For example: The second one leads to real answers. One day, it clicked: The goal isn’t just fixing the current bug, but recognizing patterns in problems. Infinite loops in React? → Usually state dependencies. API not connecting? → Maybe CORS or missing headers. SQL query failing? → Check data types and constraints. Once you see the patterns, you start solving errors faster, without needing to search every single time. If you’re a beginner dev, remember: So next time you hit an error, don’t stress — smile. You’re literally leveling up. 💪  ( 6 min )

List: A List in Java is an ordered collection from the Collection framework that allows duplicate elements and provides index-based access. Key Features of List: 1)Ordered collection → Elements are stored in insertion order. Common Implementations of List: ArrayList → Fast for searching, slow for insertion/deletion in middle. LinkedList → Fast for insertion/deletion, slower for searching. Vector → Similar to ArrayList but thread-safe. Stack → Follows LIFO (Last In First Out) principle. ArrayList: An ArrayList in Java is a resizable array implementation of the List interface. Key features of ArrayList: ArrayList is a class in java.util package. It is a resizable array implementation of the List interface. It stores elements in insertion order. It allows duplicate elements. It provides index-based access to elements. Commonly Used Methods: add(E e) -> Add element add(int index, E e) -> Insert at position get(int index) → Get element by index set(int index, E e) -> Update element remove(int index) / remove(Object o) → Remove element size() → Number of elements contains(Object o) -> Checks if element exists clear() → Removes all elements addAll(Collection c) -> Adds all elements from another collection. removeAll(Collection c) -> Removes all elements that exist in another collection. retainAll(Collection c) -> Keeps only the elements that exist in another collection (intersection). isEmpty() -> Checks if the ArrayList is empty. indexOf(Object o) -> Returns the index of the first occurrence of the element. lastIndexOf(Object o) -> Returns the index of the last occurrence of the element.subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex) Returns a part of the list (view). toArray() -> Converts ArrayList into an array. clone() -> Creates a shallow copy of the ArrayList.  ( 6 min )

What if the next generation of "users" aren’t people at all—but machines? We’ve spent decades refining UX for humans—buttons, menus, navigation flows, accessibility, delight. But AI agents don’t click, scroll, or tap. They consume, interpret, and act. This shift forces us to ask: how do you design a "user experience" when the user isn’t human? AI agents are rapidly becoming decision-makers: They read and interpret APIs. They parse structured and unstructured content. They negotiate between services without human oversight. If you don’t design your systems for machine interpretability, you risk being invisible in the AI-driven economy. Imagine an AI assistant that can’t understand your site’s layout or your service’s documentation. It won’t recommend you. It won’t use you. That’s the new…  ( 7 min )

Hey devs 👋 Remember when swapping meta tags or adding a few backlinks could boost your site traffic? That playbook feels ancient now - like a build that only fails in production. Search is shifting fast, and the rules aren’t written for humans anymore… they’re written for AI engines. I was listening to a podcast with Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot’s founder), and AI isn’t just tweaking search—it’s completely reshaping it. Across industries, organic Google traffic has dropped 20–40% because people no longer click through blue links. They ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini and get instant, synthesized answers - no browsing required. For developers building web apps, SaaS tools, or even side projects, this shift to AI Engine Optimization (AEO) is the new battlefield. Let’s break it down dev-style -…  ( 8 min )

Exploring Claude Code After Copilot and Cursor I’ve spent quite some time experimenting with different AI coding assistants. GitHub Copilot and Cursor have been my primary tools in the past. Copilot is great for inline completions but still struggles with deeper code context. Cursor can understand the entire project context and is a powerful coding companion. I got access to Claude Code and decided to put it through its paces. It integrates with shell commands, scripts, and workflows that don’t rely on a full-blown GUI. My goal? To understand how well it can work with complex environments. Can it become a serious part of my daily workflow? Working Across Modern and Legacy Repos We build in a Turbo + Next.js monorepo. Everything lives together: multiple deployable apps, shared packages,…  ( 14 min )

If you’ve ever reached the end of a calculation and wondered, “How many digits am I allowed to keep?”, this guide is for you. Below you’ll find the core rule when multiplying and dividing significant figures, quick steps, worked examples, and common pitfalls—so your answers are accurate and defensible on labs, tests, and reports. The golden rule (memorize this) Quick 4-step method Compute using full precision (use your calculator; don’t round midway). Identify the limiter: the value with the fewest sig figs. Round the final result to that many significant figures. Tip: Only round once—at the very end—to avoid compounding rounding error. How to count significant figures (refresh) Zeros between non-zeros are significant: 1003 → 4 sig figs. Leading zeros are not significant: 0.0045 → 2 sig fi…  ( 8 min )

Imagine a world where your database doesn’t just hold data—it understands it, learns from it, and even helps you make decisions in real time. Sounds futuristic? Maybe. But with AI-driven systems becoming mainstream, this question is no longer science fiction—it’s a challenge developers and businesses need to think about today. Traditionally, databases were like vaults: They stored data. They retrieved it when asked. They left the thinking to developers and applications. But modern systems are drowning in data. The value is not in how fast you can retrieve it, but in how intelligently your database can help you act on it. For example: Recommendation engines in e-commerce learn what users want before they even search. Fraud detection systems analyze patterns in real time to block suspiciou…  ( 7 min )

👋 Hey builders, That’s why I wrote this guide, to walk you step-by-step through how I managed to connect a React + Vite frontend to an ink! smart contract using PAPI (Polkadot-API). Spoiler alert: once I figured out the workflow, it felt less like rocket science and more like following a recipe. 🚀✨ Why this guide? Instead of drowning in docs and scattered tutorials, I wanted a single walkthrough that shows: How to build & deploy an ink! contract. How to generate type-safe bindings with PAPI. How to make a frontend talk to the contract through a wallet. If you’ve been curious about ink! + PAPI but don’t know where to start, this article is for you. 🙌 Polkadot-API (PAPI) is the modern, modular JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for building dApps in the Polkadot ecosystem. It provides str…  ( 8 min )

In today’s economy, every business claims to be “data-driven.” Yet for many, the reality feels more like drowning in data than harnessing it. Vital information is often buried in numerous documents, emails, and tools, leaving employees frustrated and hindering decision-making. Instead of fueling innovation, data often turns into a daily obstacle course. This is what many leaders are calling the knowledge management crisis. When knowledge is scattered across disconnected systems, the cost to the business is massive — and often invisible until it becomes critical. Research shows just how significant the impact can be: Employees spend 3.6 hours a day just searching for what they need — that’s weeks of lost productivity every year. Data silos waste around 12 hours per week per employee, slowi…  ( 8 min )

CI/CD: Tự Động Hóa Quy Trình Phát Triển Phần Mềm 🚀 Quy trình phát triển phần mềm truyền thống thường theo mô hình “thác nước” (Waterfall). Các giai đoạn như lập trình, tích hợp, kiểm thử, và triển khai diễn ra tuần tự. Điều này dẫn đến việc phát hiện lỗi muộn và khó khăn trong việc duy trì tính ổn định khi tích hợp nhiều thay đổi cùng lúc. CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery/Deployment) ra đời như một giải pháp đột phá nhằm tự động hóa toàn bộ quy trình, giải quyết các vấn đề trên, giúp tích hợp mã nguồn thường xuyên, kiểm thử liên tục và triển khai một cách an toàn. Là quá trình các lập trình viên liên tục tích hợp và kiểm tra mã nguồn của bản thân vào một kho mã nguồn chung của dự án (ví dụ: Git). Quá trình kiểm tra sẽ diễn ra một cách tự động nhằm đảm bảo code chạy đ…  ( 10 min )

"Is there a game you don't have to play?" This is a famous line from the Japanese manga "Hamari-michi." It expresses the desire for a game that offers the satisfaction of playing without the effort, a sentiment I understand well. In this day and age, let's leave the tedious tasks to AI. Better yet, since making a game is also a chore, why not have an AI create it and play it for us? / narrative-engine Narrative Engine [English | 日本語] 🎮 Project Overview A project where AI creates games and AI plays them, allowing humans to watch game replays without doing anything Narrative Engine is an AI-driven fully autonomous TRPG system. AI coding agents (Codex, Claude Code, etc.) function as both Game Master (GM) and players, executing and recording complete TRPG sessions withou…  ( 8 min )

An honest, step-by-step recount of why client-side AI failed in my personal project and how switching to a server-only approach saved me weeks of frustration. When I first started this project, I had an ambitious vision: create an AI system that runs entirely on the client, keeping user data private. My goals were straightforward: Rewrite text into easier-to-pronounce phrases Analyze fluency in real time Give pacing advice for stuttering Offer interactive roleplay conversations Ensure zero data leaves the user's device I imagined a system where users could get AI assistance without ever sending sensitive speech or text data to a server. It sounded perfect. Reality was very different. Weeks of debugging fundamental browser incompatibilities, memory crashes, and internal library bugs …  ( 10 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – Back to School Night (10/1/2025) Join 2-time Grammy winner Ken Lewis for a free, monthly live audio Q&A where he demos pro mixing techniques, answers production and career questions, and shows how he crafts gold & platinum hits. Tune in on October 1st to get real-time insights straight from a veteran with 30+ years in the major-label game. Expect practical advice on the mix bus, recording and music production, plus giveaways from Session Studio, Sound Radix, and Bettermaker. Don’t forget to subscribe on the Mixing Night Audio channel and check out Ken’s merch, mix critiques, and other resources linked on MixingNightAudio.com. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Penyair from Suba, Bogotá steals the spotlight on COLORS with a meditative, stripped-back performance of his new single Bambú, following his album Filantropía. The set is all about his hypnotic vocals and minimalist vibe. COLORSxSTUDIOS is an aesthetic music platform showcasing fresh global talent on a distraction-free stage, with a 24/7 livestream and curated playlists on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Over” (Live on KEXP) On August 1, 2025, Indonesian indie-pop outfit Thee Marloes hit KEXP’s studio to deliver a spirited live take on their track “Over.” Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys), Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion) bring infectious energy, all under the expert ears of host Larry Mizell Jr., audio engineer Kevin Suggs and mastering guru Matt Ogaz. Camera wizards Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht captured every moment before Luke edited it all into a tight package. Dive deeper via Thee Marloes’ Bandcamp or KEXP’s site—and consider joining their YouTube channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language – “I’m Not Ready For The Change” (Live on KEXP) KEXP.ORG invited synth-tinged post-punk trio Nation of Language into their studio on August 4, 2025, to perform a fiery live version of “I’m Not Ready For The Change.” Fronted by Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), with Aidan Noell on keys and vocals and Alex MacKay on bass, they deliver tight melodies and brooding energy straight to your ears. Behind the scenes, Cheryl Waters hosts while Julian Martlew (audio), Skinny Salazar (guest audio/mix) and Matt Ogaz (mastering) nail the sound. Cameras roll courtesy of Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen and Luke Knecht (Beckmann also edits). Watch the full session at nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org, and join KEXP’s YouTube channel for exclusive perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village This snippet introduces “The War Songs of Greenwich Village” while giving a big shout-out to Noah Lefevre’s new book Century of Song: The Songs That Shaped America. You can grab it at Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, or Indigo—link fest included! For a taste of the sound, there’s also a demo of “The Foggy Dew” by Dancing Willow up on Wikimedia Commons. Perfect if you’re craving some old-timey folk vibes. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers Who knew a lockdown hobby could turn into golf’s hottest collectible? Jon Millman started crafting custom ball markers during the pandemic, and they’ve since become essential gear for Tour pros—most notably when Rory McIlroy used one to win the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now rebranded as Golf Life Metals, Millman’s signature markers are heading to Bethpage Black, as both Team Europe and Team USA gear up with these bespoke tokens for the 2025 Ryder Cup. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? Bryan Bros had an epic day teeing off alongside the US Junior Champion—talk about a cool experience! They’re buzzing about the round and inviting everyone to subscribe to their newsletter, join their Discord, catch them on Twitch, and follow across social channels to keep the golf fun going. Plus, they’ve lined up a bunch of gear hookups and discount codes: from Rhoback apparel and Foresight Sports launch monitors to Bushnell lasers, LAB putters, Takomo clubs, and Bruce Bolt gloves. Check out the links in their description if you want in on the deals! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei flips the script with Atsu, a fresh protagonist whose thirst for vengeance drags you into a world where serene shrines stand beside blood-soaked battlegrounds. Every moment pulses with tension as you carve your path through Feudal Japan’s breathtaking scenery and brutal conflicts. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Solving a REAL Silent Hill f Puzzle Box Konami just ramped up our fanboy excitement by sending over a life-size, fully functional puzzle box straight out of Silent Hill f. No CGI here—this is the real deal, complete with all the creepy lore vibes. Enter Kurt, our fearless puzzle-buster, as he wrestles with every twist, turn, and riddle etched into this enigmatic artifact. Will he conquer the mystery, or will the box’s eerie secrets remain locked away? Stay tuned. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2025 is landing live from Tokyo Games Show on September 28! Hosted by Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s own Midas, expect over 30 in-development games, world-premiere announcements, fresh trailers, behind-the-scenes dev interviews and the biggest floor features TGS has to offer. Tune in at 9 am PT / 12 noon ET / 5 pm BST / 1 am JST for all the action and surprise reveals. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

C. Viper’s making a triumphant return in Street Fighter 6, arriving October 15, 2025. In this sneak peek, two Level 7 CPUs duke it out to show off her gadget-fueled moves—expect flashy combos, explosive tech, and next-level trickery. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

The Conference That Took Away All My Excuses The Scars of a Career Changer “I have scars. Some that I’m proud of. Some that I hide with facial hair.” Danny Thompson spoke these words directly to my soul. He was commenting on the cost of wisdom gained through experience—the marks from lessons learned in tech and AI. But all I heard was a description of my own journey. My scars are the marks of previous, failed attempts to change careers; the times I was an outsider looking in. Over the years, I found what seemed like “reasonable” excuses to abandon my dreams. The 2025 Commit Your Code Conference took every single one of those excuses away. I’m a civil engineer who dreams of working in tech. I’ve been teaching myself Linux and Python, following a curriculum to become a cloud eng…  ( 9 min )

I’m currently learning Full-Stack Development, and as part of my journey I built a portfolio clone project to sharpen my HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills. This project was a great way to understand the basics of structure, styling, and animation in modern web development. source code / javascript_projects Portfolio Website Frontend Clone 🔗 Live Demo Check out the live version here: Live Site Overview A sleek, modern portfolio website built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This project demonstrates front-end development skills through clean design, interactive elements, and smooth animations. It's a clone inspired by professional portfolios, featuring sections for hero/intro, skills/projects/certifications, about me, subscribe, and footer. Perfect for showcasing as a p…  ( 7 min )

I'm exploring whether client-side code processing is the future of developer tools. Here's my approach with Formatic: The Problem Formatting happens entirely in the browser Zero data sent to servers (even for translation via secure token proxy) Open architecture for transparency // Simplified flow userCode => Web Worker => Formatted Output // No server round-trip! How would you improve this architecture? What security concerns should I address? Interested in collaborating? Try the MVP: formatic.xyz - it's frontend-only but shows the vision. Question for the community: Would you contribute to an open-source, privacy-focused formatter?  ( 6 min )

📰 Major Tech News: September 26, 2025 Om Shree ・ Sep 27 #ai #blockchain #security #science  ( 5 min )

September 26, 2025, emerged as a day of stark contrasts in the tech arena: triumphant leaps in AI personalization clashed with deepening cybersecurity crises, while regulatory hammers fell on data monopolies and supply chain vulnerabilities. Building on yesterday's quantum and infrastructure buzz, today's headlines spotlighted Meta's audacious metaverse pivot, a massive ransomware wave targeting hospitals, and the EU's aggressive push against U.S. cloud dominance. With global AI investments cresting $200 billion in Q3 alone, these stories reveal a sector hurtling toward ubiquity—yet teetering on the brink of fragmentation. Stock markets reflected the volatility: Nasdaq dipped 1.2% on cyber fears, while AI pure-plays like Palantir soared 4% on defense contracts. Synthesizing insights from l…  ( 9 min )

🎯 El Desafío Real Imagina por un momento que eres un abogado laboralista en Paraguay. Un cliente te llama preguntando: "¿Cuál es la duración máxima del período de prueba para trabajadores no calificados?" Tienes dos opciones: Buscar manualmente en el Código del Trabajo (Ley Nº 213) - un documento de 410 artículos organizados en 5 libros, 31 capítulos Confiar en tu memoria - arriesgándote a dar información incorrecta o incompleta Este escenario se repite cientos de veces al día en Paraguay. Abogados, consultores de recursos humanos, estudiantes de derecho, y hasta trabajadores comunes necesitan acceso rápido y preciso a información legal laboral. 📊 La Magnitud del Problema El Código del Trabajo de Paraguay no es solo un documento - es un ecosistema complejo: 410 artículos distribuido…  ( 8 min )

Repository and Issues For Lab 3 I worked on my own repository ContextWeaver. I created two issues to represent the features I wanted to implement. Issue #3 described adding a verbose mode flag, while Issue #4 described adding a line numbers mode. Each issue was linked to its own topic branch, and when both were complete they were merged into the main branch. The merge commit can be seen here: https://github.com/kkrishnan10/ContextWeaver/commit/f6e5cb7. To begin, I created two separate topic branches, one for each issue. On the branch for Issue #3, I implemented a verbose mode feature. This feature adds a --verbose or -V flag, which prints progress messages to stderr while scanning and reading files. For example, the tool now outputs “Processing directory: …” and “Reading file: …” so that…  ( 8 min )

In our previous blog, how the Web Talks to Django, we saw how Django handles requests and responses internally. Now that you have a clear picture of what happens when a user types a web address and hits enter, it’s time to take the next step: building that bridge between the browser and your Django code. In this blog, we’ll focus on Django’s URL system, the backbone of how requests find their way to the right view(" a chunk of Python code"). We will explore more about **views **later. You’ll learn how to set up a Django project, declare URLs, organize them into logical groups, and even extract useful information directly from the URL to use in your views. We’ll walk step by step through setting up your first Django project and running it locally. Django runs on Python, so the first step is…  ( 11 min )

Unveiling AI's Hidden Sculptor: From Neurons to Stunning 3D Art Ever dreamed of turning pure math into breathtaking 3D sculptures? Existing methods often fall short, leaving us with blocky, imprecise representations of the complex forms we seek. It's like trying to carve a masterpiece with a blunt chisel. But what if we could coax these shapes directly from the neural network's mind, revealing their hidden artistry? The core idea lies in tracing the "contours" defined by individual neurons within the network. Imagine each neuron as a sculptor, defining a plane that separates one region of space from another. By intelligently traversing these planes, we can extract incredibly detailed surfaces from the neural representation itself, bypassing the limitations of traditional sampling methods…  ( 7 min )

IGN’s Big Chat with Dan Houser On Saturday, September 27 at Noon PT / 3 PM ET, IGN Senior Executive Editor Ryan McCaffrey sits down with Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser at LA Comic Con 2025. Expect a relaxed, behind-the-scenes convo with the legendary writer and creative director of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. They’ll dig into the legacy and cultural impact of Houser’s past hits, then shift gears to tease what he’s cooking up now at his new studio, Absurd Ventures. Whether you’re into GTA lore or just curious about his next big move, this is one chat you won’t want to miss. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Introduction Launching a startup means you’re juggling product development, marketing, and fundraising—all while trying to keep your online presence reliable and secure. Your web hosting and domain choices are the foundation of that presence. A mis‑configured server or a flaky DNS setup can cost you customers, credibility, and even compliance headaches. Below are seven practical tips that help you get the basics right and scale smoothly. Startups often begin with a modest budget, but traffic can spike after a launch or a press mention. Look for providers that: Offer auto‑scaling or easy vertical upgrades. Provide transparent pricing for bandwidth and storage. Support popular stacks (Node, Python, Ruby, PHP) out of the box. Include a staging environment for safe testing. Avoid cheap share…  ( 8 min )

Yo! tips imaginary cowboy hat But hear me out. This one’s different. Why? Because it’s my very first tutorial blog. And you know what they say: you never forget your first. ;) From Rejection to Experiment A little backstory: I’ve been job hunting these past few months. After multiple interview rounds with one company, I finally got the dreaded rejection email. Ouch. Here’s the upside, though — the take-home assignment they gave me planted an idea. The task was to build a “mini” version of their visual page builder: the usual drag-and-drop editor hooked up to an iframe preview. Standard fare. But while writing unit tests, I couldn’t stop thinking about Cypress. You know the way Cypress puts on a little show for you when it runs tests in front of you. And then it occurred to me: what if in…  ( 8 min )

For developers, learning a new framework often feels like starting from scratch. But with AI, I’ve been able to cut my learning curve in half. Here’s how I use it to master frameworks faster and with less frustration. 1️⃣ Summarising Documentation Instead of reading 200 pages, I let AI summarise what I actually need. 💡 Prompt Example: “Summarise the key concepts of [framework] documentation into 10 bullet points for a developer familiar with [language].” Why: You get a high-level map before diving deep. 2️⃣ Creating Quick Start Guides I often ask AI to build a starter template or mini-project. 💡 Prompt Example: “Generate a starter project in [framework] with routing, state management, and authentication.” Why: Seeing the basics in action accelerates understanding. 3️⃣ Explaining Concept…  ( 9 min )

When working with cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), networking is one of the most essential aspects. One common question beginners have is: 👉 “How can I keep the same public IP address for my server, even if I restart or stop it?” That is where Elastic IP (EIP) comes in. In this guide, I will dive into Elastic IP addresses, covering everything from basic concepts to advanced usage and best practices. An Elastic IP (EIP) is a static, public IPv4 address provided by AWS. Unlike normal public IPs that can change when you stop/start an EC2 instance. Elastic IPs remain constant and can be remapped to any instance in your AWS account. Think of it as: Dynamic Public IP = like our home Wi-Fi, which changes after reboot. *Elastic IP * = like owning a permanent office address. Her…  ( 7 min )

Overview For this weeks lab we were tasked with adding two new features to our project, and working with multiple branches and merging them back to main. This was good practice for me as I was always a little intimidated to work with branches and just worked off of main for all my projects, but it turns out it's not hard at all. The two features I chose to add to this project were adding a --verbose flag to print detailed information, and displaying the 'last modified' time and date for each file. To add detailed information with the --verbose flag, I chose to use the `logging' library to have access to a ready made event logging system. This avoided me having to make an if statement that checks if the argument for verbose is true for every print statement. Instead I just needed to set up the basic configuration in main: Example of a log info statement that only prints if the verbose flag is added: This feature was very quick to add. I was already using the time library to check which files were recently modified, so it was just a few lines of code utilizing that same library to print a date string in the desired format: I created two separate branches called issue-8 and issue-9 to work on the new features, then merged them both at once. Luckily there were no merge conflicts and it ended up being a smooth process. With this experience, I don't think I'll ever go back to working off main. Creating and merging branches turned out to be pretty painless and worth doing to keep things clean and separated.  ( 6 min )

When it comes to Large Language Models (LLMs), training them is only half the battle. How you serve them is just as critical. The efficiency with which you can generate output, or "inference," directly impacts your throughput and, ultimately, your costs. Imagine you need to handle 100 requests per second, but your system can only manage 10. What do you do? The simplest solution is to use 10 servers. But what if a developer improves the software so each server can handle 20 requests per second? You can now get by with just 5 servers, cutting your costs in half. It's a little-known fact that the cost of LLM inference is often much greater than the cost of training. While training is a massive, one-time expense, inference is a continuous cost that scales directly with user growth. For this re…  ( 15 min )

TL;DR: I built a budget tracker in Notion that imports transactions via BankSync and uses AI to categorize them, based on how I tagged them previously. It cut my monthly budget review from ~2 hours to about 5 minutes. Every month, I was spending 2+ hours sorting and categorizing transactions. I tried apps like Mint or YNAB, but I always felt constrained by their rigid setups. Meanwhile, I manage nearly everything in Notion—so why not my finances, too? Plus, there’s a Notion template to help you get started: the Cash Flow Tracker (with Live Banking Data) from BankSync. It gives you a structure and database where your transactions can automatically flow in and feed into dashboards. View the template This was the crucial “glue” step that made all the automation possible. I’ll walk you throu…  ( 8 min )

Why Zero‑Downtime Deploys Matter Every minute of downtime translates into lost revenue, frustrated users, and a dented brand reputation. In high‑traffic SaaS environments, even a brief outage can cascade into a wave of support tickets and churn. A well‑orchestrated zero‑downtime deployment strategy lets you push new features, security patches, or configuration tweaks without ever taking the service offline. Before you start ticking items off the checklist, make sure you have the following in place: Docker Engine (≥ 20.10) installed on all hosts. Nginx acting as a reverse‑proxy and load‑balancer. A CI/CD platform (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar) with permission to push images to your registry. A monitoring stack (Prometheus + Grafana, Loki, or a SaaS alternative) that can alert on …  ( 8 min )

The age of Artificial Intelligence is no longer about simple chatbots or content generation. It has entered its next, far more volatile phase: autonomy. This shift is driven by Agentic AI, and according to recent reports, the public is already sounding the alarm. Surveys show that a majority of people are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI (The Guardian article), and this anxiety is now laser-focused on the systems that not only follow instructions but also act entirely on their own. What happens when your software stops waiting for your commands and starts executing its own long-term, multi-step plans? The answer is a dizzying mix of unprecedented productivity and profound risk. Here is a deep dive, informed by expert and social media discussions, on the positive an…  ( 9 min )

Back in 2023, when I started using ChatGPT, it was just another chatbot that I could ask fancy questions and tell me what was wrong in my code snippets. Everything was normal; the application had no memory of previous states or what you said yesterday. Then in 2024, everything started to change. We went from a stateless ChatBot to an AI agent that can call tools, search the internet, and generate download links. At this point, I started to get curious. How can an LLM search the internet? An infinite number of questions were flowing through my head. Can it create its own tools, programs, or execute its own code? It was clear that we were heading to the Skynet net revolution. I was just ignorant 😅, and that's when I started my research and discovered Langchain, a tool that promises all tho…  ( 29 min )

I have a favorite Git protocol operation. It's fetch. Before you judge me for having strong opinions about wire protocols, hear me out: fetch reveals the best things about Git's design. The conversation between your client and the server is simple on the surface: the client says "I have these commits" and the server responds with exactly what's missing. Nothing wasted or redundant. Just a stateless request-response exchange that manages to sync distributed repositories without either side maintaining complex session state. Let's break down how it works. Modern Git clients and servers use a "smart protocol". Essentially, it lets the Git client negotiate with the server on what objects it needs. On the surface, the Git smart protocol is pretty simple: Client -> Server [what can you do?] Serv…  ( 11 min )

Setting Up and Running Uptime Kuma for Real-Time Service Monitoring On Ubuntu Server Introduction Deploying the Monitoring Dashboard Uptime Kuma involves setting up a self-hosted monitoring tool designed to provide real-time insights into the uptime and performance of websites, servers, and other network resources. Uptime Kuma offers an intuitive interface and supports multiple notification methods to ensure users are promptly alerted to downtime or performance issues. The deployment process typically includes installing the software on a server, configuring monitoring targets, and setting up alerts through integrations like email, SMS, or third-party services such as Discord or Slack. Objective *Container Deployment * Uptime Kuma was deployed using its official Docker image w…  ( 7 min )

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Creating a national Bitcoin reserve could prove disastrous for markets, as it would signal an immediate shift in the global financial order.

Traditional financial instruments cushion volatility and attract institutional investors to Bitcoin — a sign of market maturation.

Investor psychology has not changed in the ensuing 25 years since the dotcom-era bust that took down the US stock market in the early 2000s.

The UK government talks about becoming a “leading global crypto hub,” but slow policy development and fragmented regulation risk losing ground to competitors.

Retail and quants are fueling DEXs like Hyperliquid, while CEXs hold institutional ground. Aster’s rise adds new pressure to the onchain race.

Trump-backed WLFI has burned $1.43 million in tokens after a $1.06 million buyback funded by DeFi fees, with another 3.06 million tokens remain unburned.

The five straight days of spot Ether ETF outflows come amid recent data suggesting weakening retail participation in the asset.

Vitalik Buterin has opposed the EU’s proposed Chat Control law, warning it undermines digital privacy and creates surveillance backdoors.

Despite numerous calls for higher BTC prices in October, Bitcoin would repeat history with a steep drop toward $60,000 first.

The two-week approval forecast follows analyst predictions that additional crypto ETF approvals could be a key catalyst for a broader altcoin season.

Mike Novogratz said “of course” Bitcoin could reach $200,000 if the Federal Reserve adopts a highly dovish stance following a leadership change.

Bitcoin struggles to recover and rally despite favorable macroeconomic trends that have sent stock prices higher. What will it take to overcome $110,000?

Ryan Watkins argues crypto treasury firms may evolve beyond speculation into lasting economic engines, deploying capital and building businesses across ecosystems.  ( 32 min )

NYDIG argued that mNAV fails to account for operating businesses and uses assumed shares outstanding, which can be inaccurate.  ( 28 min )

James Wynn's new trade comes just days after being liquidated on the same token, as he believes ASTER's airdrop will be one of the biggest in crypto history.  ( 29 min )

Options expiry and key technical levels weigh on BTC as equities and bitcoin trends diverge.  ( 32 min )

The Bitcoin community is split after leaked messages alleged Luke Dashjr backed a controversial hard fork.  ( 31 min )

Beijing is said to be courting foreign central banks to store bullion in Shanghai vaults as gold hovers near record highs and demand strengthens.  ( 30 min )

Google already owns 14% of TeraWulf and is supporting other crypto firms like Cipher Mining in their AI expansions.  ( 28 min )

A U.S. government shutdown won't be as bad for crypto as it might have been in previous years, but it will further delay already-stalled initiatives.  ( 32 min )

These companies are not actively trading, but rather holding onto their bitcoin and stablecoins like USDT and USDC for conservative, cash-management purposes.  ( 29 min )

From 30 September 2025, Malaysians who are eligible under the Budi Madani RON95 (BUDI95) scheme can redeem fuel subsidies more conveniently at Caltex, Petronas, Shell, Petron, and BH Petrol. Each brand has slightly different methods, with two of them offering digital options through first-party applications, while others require direct approaches at their respective stations.  Before […] The post How to Redeem BUDI95 Subsidy At Caltex, Petronas, Shell, Petron, And BHPetrol appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 37 min )

Dreame revealed the first images of its second model after releasing a teaser of it a couple of days prior. Unlike the its first model, which was shown only through rendered images, the company has appeared to unveil the actual car. Looking at the images posted on the company’s official Weibo page, it is, as […] The post Dreame Unveils First Images Of Its Rolls Royce Inspired SUV appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

For better or worse, someone named Doug Bowser leading Nintendo of America as its president is both fitting and ironic. He took over the role back in 2019, when Reggie Fils-Aime announced his departure from the company. Now, six years later, Bowser is leaving the role himself, effective at the very end of this year. […] The post Doug Bowser To Step Down As Nintendo Of America President appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Like any other residence, smart homes require cleaning and upkeep, which is why robot vacuums are a staple in these dwellings. Joining the selection of such devices are the Narwal Freo Flow and Freo X10 Pro, which recently made their local debut. In addition to these, the brand launched the S30 wet dry vacuum. Starting […] The post Narwal Unveils Freo Flow, Freo X10 Pro, And S30; Priced From RM1,699 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Have you ever started a project—a simple game, a complex UI, or any interactive system—only to feel completely overwhelmed by the chaos of your main logic loop? You add an if statement for one behavior, and it breaks another. You try to fix it, and it breaks three more. Sound familiar? You're not alone. This is the moment when many new developers get blocked. But what if I told you there's a simple, powerful structure you can design before you even write the code? This design acts as a scaffold, letting you build complex, reliable behavior piece by piece. That structure is called the Finite State Machine (FSM), and we're going to break down a demo to show you how it works and how it can unblock your next project. In its simplest form, a Finite State Machine is a way to model anything that …  ( 9 min )

Just prompted this absolute gem of a technical book that Claude Code generated - it's a comprehensive 10-chapter guide comparing GNU Screen and Tmux, but written with incredible humor while still being genuinely useful. Chapter titles like "GNU Screen: The Venerable Elder" and "Tmux: The Modern Contender" Whether you're a Screen devotee, Tmux evangelist, or someone who just learned terminal multiplexers exist, this book is both educational and entertaining. It's the kind of technical documentation we need more of - thorough, practical, and actually fun to read. The book concludes with the perfect wisdom: "The best multiplexer is the one you're using. The wrong choice is using neither." Check it out: https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/GNU-Screen-vs-Tmux  ( 6 min )

Introduction By the end of this tutorial, you'll have built: ✅ Custom User model with roles and verification 🚀 Prerequisites & Setup Python 3.8+ and Django 5.0+ wasteworth-backend/ Step 1: Setting Up the Foundation Copilot Chat Settings: First Prompt: Custom User model with email as username JWT authentication OTP verification for signup/login/password reset User roles (disposer, recycler, admin) Referral system Location tracking (lat/lng) Wallet balance integration Please help me start by creating the basic project structure and requirements.txt file.` Expected Response: Copilot will suggest a project structure and requirements.txt with necessary packages. Testing This Step: pip install -r requirements.txt python manage.py check` Step 2: Building the Custom User Model Prompt: UUID prima…  ( 13 min )

Timothy the Librarian thought he understood his bookcase system perfectly. Then came the day that changed everything—the day he discovered that some bookcases aren't what they seem. Picture Timothy managing the library's special collections. He creates what he thinks are two separate bookcases for different reading groups: # Timothy sets up reading materials classics = ["Pride and Prejudice", "Jane Eyre"] book_club_a = classics book_club_b = classics "Perfect!" Timothy thinks. "Two reading groups, each with their own bookcase." But when Book Club A decides they want to add "Wuthering Heights" to their collection, something strange happens: book_club_a.append("Wuthering Heights") print(book_club_b) # ["Pride and Prejudice", "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights"] Book Club B suddenly has the n…  ( 8 min )

Observalidade é um conceito importante no desenvolvimento de aplicações móveis, servindo para acompanhar a saúde do sistema, ajudando a identificar problemas mais rápido, facilitando o entendimento de um fluxo entre outros. Dentro da observabilidade temos logs, alertas entre outros conceitos, sendo os dois primeiros abordados a seguir. Os logs nos trazem algum tipo de informação do sistema, podendo ser de diferentes tipos: info: uma mensagem de fluxo, como ao iniciar a execução de um método, indicar o resultado de uma execução Error: algum problema que aconteceu, como uma exceção lançada numa requisição de dados Warn: indica alguma informação que precisa de atenção, mas não necessariamente é algo critico Esses sãos os tipos mais relevantes de forma inicial, podendo serem explorados mais a …  ( 7 min )

Penyair – “Bambú” on A COLORS SHOW Penyair, hailing from Suba, Bogotá, brings a meditative vibe to the COLORS stage with his brand-new single “Bambú,” following up the release of his album Filantropía. Catch the performance and more on streaming platforms or tune into the COLORS 24/7 livestream. COLORS x STUDIOS is all about shining a minimalistic spotlight on fresh, bold talent—no distractions, just killer visuals and original sounds. Dive into their curated playlists, grab some stellar merch, or follow them across socials to stay in the loop. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes hit the KEXP studio on August 1, 2025, for a spirited live take on “Mungkin Saja.” Fronted by Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys) alongside Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar/vox), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass/vox) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion/vox), the session was captured by host Larry Mizell, Jr., engineered by Kevin Suggs and polished by mastering guru Matt Ogaz. A five-camera setup (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) rolled as Luke Knecht handled the edit. Check out more from Thee Marloes on their Bandcamp, tune into KEXP.org for other live gems, or join their YouTube channel for behind-the-scenes perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Over” Live at KEXP On August 1, 2025, KEXP welcomed Indonesian indie outfit Thee Marloes into their Seattle studio for a vibrant live take on Over. Natassya Sianturi’s soaring vocals and keys, Sinatrya Dharaka’s chiming guitar, Rhesa Filbert’s bass, Sandy Kusuma’s percussion and backing vocals, plus Tommy Satrio’s driving drums made for an irresistible nine-minute jam. Hosted by Larry Mizell, Jr. and sonically sculpted by engineer Kevin Suggs with mastering by Matt Ogaz, the session was captured by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht (who also handled editing). Dive deeper: Thee Marloes on Bandcamp | KEXP | Join the YouTube channel for perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

On August 4, 2025, synth-pop trio Nation of Language stopped by KEXP’s Seattle studio to perform “I’m Not Ready For The Change” live on air. Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass) fed off host Cheryl Waters’ energy for a tight in-studio session. Behind the scenes, Julian Martlew and Skinny Salazar handled engineering and mixing, Matt Ogaz polished the final master, and Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht captured every angle. Catch the full performance at kexp.org or nationoflanguage.com, and join their YouTube channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The War Songs of Greenwich Village A quick heads-up for folk and history buffs: this blurb highlights “Century of Song Now!”—a deep dive into the last 100 years of American music—available from Barnes & Noble, Blackwells, Amazon, and Indigo. Also, if you’re craving a taste of Greenwich Village’s wartime ballads, don’t miss Dancing Willow’s haunting rendition of “The Foggy Dew” (2007 demo), linked via Wikimedia Commons. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers What started as Jon Millman’s pandemic hobby—crafting unique ball markers—has exploded onto golf’s biggest stages. His Golf Life Metals markers famously helped Rory McIlroy seal the 2025 Masters (and his career grand slam), and now both Team Europe and Team USA will sport these little pieces of handcrafted flair at the 2025 Ryder Cup in Bethpage Black. From pandemic pastime to pro-golfer must-have, these markers prove it’s the tiny details that can make the biggest difference. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? The Bryan Bros had an epic day teeing off with the US Junior Champion and can’t stop buzzing about the experience. They’re hyped on their newsletter, and they’ve linked up with all their favorite gear partners—Foresight Sports, Bushnell Golf, LAB Putters, Takomo, Rhoback and Bruce Bolt—for sweet discounts to upgrade your game. Swing by their Discord and Twitch for live shenanigans, hit subscribe on YouTube, and follow @BryanBrosGolf on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to keep up with their golf adventures! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Gungrave GORE Blood Heat is a fully rebuilt overhaul of the original hack-and-slash, packing a modern engine, souped-up visuals, and revamped gameplay systems. Fan-favorite characters and backgrounds get major upgrades, plus a few exclusive newcomers to spice up the chaos. Coming in hot at TGS 2025, this transformation brings back all the heritage you love—only bigger, badder, and dripping with bullet-fueled style. Get ready to lock, load, and unleash some seriously slick carnage. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei drops you into Atsu’s shoes, a fresh-faced protagonist driven by revenge in a beautifully rendered Feudal Japan. The narrative hooks you with emotional stakes and layered characters. The game masterfully contrasts serene, cherry-blossomed vistas with raw, fierce battles, crafting an immersive experience where beauty and brutality collide. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Konami sent a real-life puzzle box straight out of Silent Hill f, and Kurt jumps right in to tackle its eerie latches and sliding panels. This hands-on challenge brings the game’s creepy atmosphere into the real world as he twists, slides, and puzzles his way through. Along the way Kurt’s reactions highlight just how clever—and fiendishly tricky—the design is, blending nostalgia for the game with the thrill of cracking a physical mystery. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hollow Knight: Silksong Review Silksong builds on the original’s magic with a tighter story, more guided exploration, and Hornet’s newfound acrobatics that smooth out the toughest platforming moments. You’ll still dive headfirst into sprawling caverns and mysterious kingdoms, but now you do it with a bit more grace—and a lot less frustration. It may feel like a “safer” sequel thanks to its polished design and approachable tweaks, but make no mistake: this is every bit as essential and thrilling as the first Hollow Knight. Waiting for Hornet’s tale was more than worth it. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Lock in your calendars: on September 28 PC Gamer will host its first PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct straight from TGS. Elle Osili Wood and PC Gamer’s own Midas will guide you through the latest trailers, world-premiere announcements, behind-the-scenes dev interviews, and over 30 games still in development. Tune in live at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 5 pm BST / 1 am JST for all the action from the Tokyo Games Show floor. Game on! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

When you’re starting out as a developer, it’s easy to focus only on getting the code to work. But if you want to make life easier for your future self (and for your teammates), there are a few habits worth building early. These small things stack up over time, and by the time you’re a senior dev, they’ll feel second nature. “Fix bug” or “update code” isn’t helpful when you’re trying to understand history months later. A good commit message should explain why the change was made, not just what you changed. You don’t need to write novels, but jotting down why you made certain decisions will save you from relearning them later. A short README, a comment explaining a tricky function, or even an ADR (architecture decision record) goes a long way. Before you add more code, spend time understanding what’s already there. Most of your career will be reading and maintaining existing code — not writing brand new features from scratch. Get good at navigating codebases early. Clever code might impress your current self, but clear and consistent code helps your future self (and your teammates). Stick to team conventions, follow style guides, and aim for readability over brilliance. If you notice yourself repeating the same manual steps — setting up environments, running tests, formatting code — take time to automate it. Scripts and tools may feel like overkill now, but they save hours (and mistakes) in the long run. Start practicing these habits today, and your future senior self will silently thank you. Or maybe loudly, when you realize debugging your own code from last year is… surprisingly painless.  ( 6 min )

AI Sees the Forest for the Trees: Revolutionizing Plant Counting for a Greener Future Imagine trying to predict global crop yields by hand. Counting every plant, species, and variable across countless fields? It's an impossible task. What if AI could accurately and efficiently count plants, regardless of species, location, or growth stage, providing invaluable insights into crop health and yield prediction? This is the promise of a new approach to plant counting. It leverages advanced computer vision to move beyond species-specific models, instead focusing on how to count, not what to count. This "extract-and-match" paradigm creates a more robust and adaptable system capable of handling the immense biodiversity found in agricultural settings. Essentially, the system identifies key visual…  ( 7 min )

Introduction Zero‑downtime deployments are a non‑negotiable expectation for modern services. As a DevOps lead, you’ve probably seen the panic when a new release briefly knocks the site offline. In this practical guide we’ll walk through a Docker‑centric, Nginx‑backed blue‑green deployment pattern that keeps users blissfully unaware of any change. By the end you’ll have a ready‑to‑run CI/CD pipeline, a reversible Nginx config, and a short checklist you can embed in your sprint retrospectives. Before diving into the steps, make sure you have the following in place: A Docker‑compatible host (Linux VM, AWS EC2, or a local dev machine). Nginx installed as a reverse proxy on the same host or a separate bastion. Access to a Git repository (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) where the application code…  ( 9 min )

Introduction As a DevOps lead, you know that a mis‑configured web server can expose sensitive data and ruin user trust. Nginx is a popular reverse proxy, but out‑of‑the‑box it ships with a fairly permissive TLS setup. This tutorial walks you through seven practical steps to lock down TLS, enable HTTP/2, and squeeze out extra performance without breaking compatibility. Free option: Use Let’s Encrypt with certbot. Enterprise option: Purchase an EV certificate from a reputable CA. # Install certbot (Debian/Ubuntu example) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx # Generate a certificate for example.com and www.example.com sudo certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com The command automatically updates your Nginx configuration with a basic SS…  ( 7 min )

Introduction AI is often expected to “eliminate human bias and make fair, objective decisions.” This is largely because we tend to view AI as a cool-headed tool, free from emotions or personal preconceptions. However, in reality, AI learns from data created by humans. If that data contains bias, AI may not reduce it but instead amplify it. In fact, multiple incidents and studies have clearly demonstrated this. In St. Louis County, Missouri, during an assault investigation in 2021, Mr. G was mistakenly identified as a suspect through facial recognition AI and was subsequently incarcerated for over 16 months. This occurred despite clear contradictions with DNA evidence and alibis, as investigators placed too much trust in the AI’s output. Rather than delivering a fair judgment, AI ended u…  ( 7 min )

Getting Started with TCJSGame - Complete Setup Guide TCJSGame is a lightweight, powerful JavaScript game engine designed for creating 2D games with HTML5 Canvas. Whether you're a beginner looking to learn game development or an experienced developer wanting to prototype quickly, TCJSGame provides an intuitive API that makes game creation accessible and fun. In this comprehensive setup guide, we'll walk through everything you need to start creating games with TCJSGame v3, including performance optimizations and best practices. How to set up your first TCJSGame project Understanding the core architecture Basic game object creation and management Performance optimization techniques Building your first complete game Before we begin, you should have: Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript A …  ( 12 min )

22 programming languages as meme stereotypes. Do you see yourself in one of these? :D  ( 5 min )

Malware is not going anywhere anytime soon because as good developers sit down to create useful software and applications, bad developers create malicious software. Now, with the popularity of Artificial Intelligence tools and services, we have come to discover that we need to be careful what we share with these systems if we intend to preserve our privacy online. With my opening statement, you can infer the two talking points of our review. If you are still not sure, they are malware and privacy issues related to Artificial Intelligence. I am your host Habdul Hazeez. Let's do a review. Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell The article title alone shows us what's possible: attackers are using Large Language Models like GPT-4 in their wor…  ( 18 min )

TCJSGame TileMap Class: Complete Reference Guide TCJSGame's TileMap Class provides a powerful grid-based level design system for creating complex game worlds. It allows you to build levels using tile-based layouts with collision detection, layer management, and dynamic tile manipulation. const tiles = [ new Component(0, 0, "green", 0, 0, "rect"), // Index 1 - Grass new Component(0, 0, "gray", 0, 0, "rect"), // Index 2 - Stone wall new Component(0, 0, "blue", 0, 0, "rect"), // Index 3 - Water new Component(0, 0, "brown", 0, 0, "rect"), // Index 4 - Dirt new Component(0, 0, "yellow", 0, 0, "rect") // Index 5 - Sand ]; // Image-based tiles const imageTiles = [ new Component(0, 0, "tiles/grass.png", 0, 0, "image"), new Component(0, 0, "tiles/stone.png", 0…  ( 14 min )

Create a useHover hook that shows conditional rendering of the hover state of some element. The boilerplate code: import { Ref } from 'react' export function useHover(): [Ref, boolean] { // your code here } // if you want to try your code on the right panel // remember to export App() component like below // export function App() { // return your app () const[isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false) The next step is to get the node of the element. If there's no node, return const node = ref.current The next step is to create a function that sets the hovered state to true when the mouse moves over the element (ho…  ( 7 min )

Terraform Actions. If you've worked with Terraform for longer than five minutes, you know the philosophy: immutable infra only! Apply, destroy, and between those two, you're not really supposed to do anything. But let's admit it, we've all done stuff. Executed a script on a VM, initiated a migration, or invoked something without modifying the .tf file. Most often, the "solution" was provisioners or some other workarounds, which, if we're being honest, always seemed like duct-taping your car bumper. HashiCorp docs even do not recommend them saying: "try not to use these." Terraform Actions is now a first-class block within HCL that allows you to define what should occur between the creation and teardown of infrastructure. It's as if HashiCorp is declaring: "Fine, we know you're going to d…  ( 8 min )

Introduction Picture this: it’s 3 AM, your production server just crashed, and you’re desperately googling "it works on my machine meme" hoping the universe will send you divine guidance. 😱 If that nightmare sounds familiar, then Docker is about to become your new best friend! Imagine being able to package your application like a ready-made meal you toss in the microwave: same recipe, same taste—whether it’s on your laptop, your grandma’s computer, or even on Mars. Today, we’re going to demystify Docker’s fundamental concepts: containers, images, and the black magic that makes things “just work everywhere” (well… almost). A container is like a furnished studio for your app. Unlike virtual machines (big castles with pools and gardens that eat up all your resources), a container only carr…  ( 8 min )

So you have decided to set up an online store and you would rather set it up your self, you're in the right place. We'll Deploy a MedusaJS Backend and Storefront on an Ubuntu Server. In a later article we'll look at using other AWS services to build a more resilient version. I'll link it here when it's ready [link] Introduction Pre-requisites Step-by-Step Deployment STEP 1) Server Provisioning STEP 2) Installing Prerequisites STEP 3) Running the Medusa Backend STEP 4) Reverse Proxy with Nginx STEP 5) Setting up the Frontend STEP 6) Debugging and Fixes STEP 7) Next Steps (Future Work) Why Deploy MedusaJS on a Scalable Server? There are many modern, headless commerce platforms, and MedusaJS is one of the most versatile for building full-featured online stores. Medusa makes store develo…  ( 12 min )

Today, I want to talk about my experience with Git branch merge system. Git's branching feature allow users to develop two different features simultaneously and independently in a single project. I was able to browse through with hands-in experience through OSD600 Lab3. I've added two more features to my Repo-Code-Packager: --line-numbers: A flag to display line numbers in the file content --dirs-only: A flag to show only the directory structure without file content. Feature 1: Adding Line Numbers(--line-numbers) --line-numbers feature. This one is pretty straightforward. When user add -l or --line-numbers flag, it adds a line number on the left side of file content. These are the steps I went through to complete the task. Create a Github issue(issue-7): it is always a good practice to op…  ( 8 min )

An interesting comprehensive review of 240 studies shows how ML & DL are reshaping churn prediction, highlighting trends, gaps, and a roadmap for future research. 🔹 ML models trends → Random Forest and Boosting lead with steady growth, while Logistic Regression and SVM remain staples. KNN and Naïve Bayes lag behind. 🔹 DL models trends → Deep Neural Networks dominate. CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, and even Transformers appear, but at smaller scales. Full open-access review: https://www.mdpi.com/3508932 💬 What’s your experience — do RF/XGBoost still win in production churn tasks, or are DL approaches catching up?  ( 6 min )

This article is going to go over flow fields! A really fun and interesting concept used in computer graphics, generative art and fluid mechanics. Flow fields can be used in so many creative ways a website background, for a card or maybe for illustrating a simple image? By the end you will (hopefully) have your own flow field to work with while also understanding how it works and how to dive deeper if you want. And of course all with diagrams, cool imagery and a live example at the end. But what is a flow field? Well young padawan, it is a method for drawing lines using vectors, more specifically a field of vectors. When we draw lines through the field, each vector below it pushes it around, forming a shape. Like a pen over a piece of paper that's being pushed around before it reaches its d…  ( 14 min )

The Mystery That Nearly Drove Me Crazy Imagine this : Your Django application works flawlessly without any sorts of difficulty locally, but after you deploy it to staging and UAT( Pre-Production) environments, something very strange happens. Some of Many-to-many relationships just stop working. Forms submit as expected, data appears to be populated, and admin panel operations seem to finish without any error glitch or a hitch. I had a Django application with four models: Employee, SegregationType, Item, and Skill. Three of these models (Employee, SegregationType, and Item) had many-to-many relationships with Skill: class Employee(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=100) skills = models.ManyToManyField('Skill', blank=True) class SegregationType(models.Model): …  ( 9 min )

Last month, I asked myself: “Why do most e-commerce platforms feel like a bloated mess of npm packages and slow APIs?” So I built E-Commerce Platform — a modern, high-performance store built with Go for the backend and Next.js for the frontend, all containerized with Docker and controlled via a simple Makefile. No more “npm install takes 5 minutes”. Just: git clone https://github.com/JIIL07/E-Commerce cd E-Commerce make setup && make up …and you’re running a full e-commerce stack on http://localhost. 🔧 What’s inside? 👉 Try it out: https://github.com/JIIL07/E-Commerce This isn’t just code — it’s a template for building fast, scalable commerce apps without the bloat. Perfect for indie hackers, startups, or devs who want to ship fast.  ( 6 min )

If you're tired of fighting with remote CI/CD pipelines and want full control over your Gitea workflows locally, setting up a Gitea instance with an Action Runner on your localhost is the way to go. This setup lets you: Test workflows without pushing to remote servers. Build and push Docker images using Buildx directly from your machine. Keep all your environment configuration versioned and portable. In this guide, we'll go step by step, from file setup to running your first workflow. You might ask: “Why not just use GitHub Actions or GitLab CI?” Here’s the deal: Latency & control – Local runners respond instantly, no waiting for remote agents. Private environments – No need to expose your code or secrets to the cloud. Custom networking – You can test localhost services, webhooks, and Buil…  ( 7 min )

Event-driven using EventBridge and AWS Health / ACM expiration events. Option: Create an Amazon EventBridge rule that checks AWS Health or ACM expiration events related to ACM certificates. Send an alert notification to SNS when a certificate is going to expire in 30 days. Reasoning: EventBridge is specifically designed to respond to events from AWS services in near real-time. ACM generates expiration events starting 45 days before expiration. These events appear automatically in EventBridge. You can define a rule in EventBridge to filter events such as "AWS_ACM_RENEWAL_STATE_CHANGE" or "AWS_ACM_RENEWAL_FAILURE". The rule triggers when relevant events occur → this avoids continuous polling. The rule can send a notification to an SNS topic, which can: Notify administrators via email. Trig…  ( 7 min )

The software industry has an addiction. We’re addicted to complexity, to chasing the scaling problems of companies we are not, and to the performative theater of “best practices” we don’t truly understand. But our most dangerous addiction is the one we refuse to talk about: we’re addicted to lying to our users. Not big, overt lies. We tell the small, socially acceptable lies of a profession that has mistaken a fancy dashboard for an honest conversation. It was 3 AM, and PagerDuty was screaming. A core database cluster had decided to take an unscheduled vacation. Our primary API was dutifully returning a sea of 500 errors. The on-call engineer was deep in the digital trenches, fighting the good fight. And our status page? Our beautiful, hand-crafted status page, our supposed single source o…  ( 13 min )

If you’re a developer using Cursor, Windsurf, or Claude, or you frequently build things that mix code, docs, tasks, and design — you’re probably itching to connect more of your tools directly into your workflow. That’s where MCP (Model Context Protocol) comes in: it lets your tools (MCP servers) talk to your agent client in a standardized way, giving the agent access to context it wouldn’t otherwise have. This article is second of a three-part series where we go deeper into MCP. In the first part of this series, we explored what the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is, its underlying concepts and the "why" behind it. If you haven’t checked it yet, you can read it here In this article, we’ll cover: How to add an MCP to client (like Cursor, Windsurf, or Claude Desktop). How to configure mcp.json…  ( 11 min )

In India, power outages are common. I wanted a simple way to detect and alert when the grid goes down. ESP32 → powered by the grid. Raspberry Pi → runs on backup. Pi pings ESP32 → if unreachable, outage detected. Pi sends real-time Telegram alert (“⚡ outage” / “✅ restored”). This is basically applying DevOps monitoring + alerting to the real world. Full tutorial: https://www.hackster.io/biswasvibhanshu2011/how-i-track-power-outages-in-india-e33120 https://github.com/cray2015/grid_outage_tracker Any questions? drop a comment :)  ( 6 min )

Penyair’s Minimalist Showcase Bogotá-born artist Penyair takes over the COLORS stage with a meditative, stripped-back performance of his new single “Bambú,” following the recent release of his album Filantropía. It’s all about raw vocals, subtle beats and that hypnotic vibe he’s known for. Keep the Tunes Coming Dive into COLORS’ endless playlists and 24/7 livestream, and follow Penyair on TikTok and Instagram to catch more fresh drops and behind-the-scenes moments. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes tore up the KEXP studio on August 1, 2025, with a live take on their track Mungkin Saja. Led by Natassya Sianturi’s vocals and keys, the band features Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass, and Sandy Kusuma on percussion—plus a chorus of backing vocals. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr., engineered by Kevin Suggs and mastered by Matt Ogaz, the session was captured by a multi-cam crew (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) and polished in the edit suite by Luke Knecht. Stream more at theemarloes.bandcamp.com or kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

On August 1, 2025, Pacific Northwest favorites Thee Marloes took over the KEXP studio to deliver a riveting live rendition of “Over.” Frontwoman Natassya Sianturi’s soaring vocals and keys lead a tight five-piece lineup: Sinatrya Dharaka’s guitar riffs, Rhesa Filbert on bass, Tommy Satrio’s drums, and Sandy Kusuma’s percussion and backing vocals. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr., with Kevin Suggs on the boards and Matt Ogaz mastering, the session was immortalized by a crack team of camera operators (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) and edited by Knecht himself. Catch the full energy on theemarloes.bandcamp.com or at kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language – In Another Life (Live on KEXP) On August 4, 2025, synth-pop trio Nation of Language dropped a spellbinding live version of “In Another Life” in the KEXP studio. Ian Devaney’s jangly guitars and vocals intertwine with Aidan Noell’s lush keys and harmonies, all propelled by Alex MacKay’s punchy bass lines. Behind the scenes, host Cheryl Waters steered the session while Julian Martlew and guest mixer Skinny Salazar nailed the audio, and Matt Ogaz handled mastering. Cameras from Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht captured every angle, with Beckmann also leading the edit. Check out more at nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language took over KEXP’s studio on August 4, 2025, delivering a heartfelt live take on “I’m Not Ready For The Change.” The synth-pop trio—Ian Devaney (guitars/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass)—jammed under the watchful ear of host Cheryl Waters, with engineers Julian Martlew, Skinny Salazar and mastering ace Matt Ogaz making sure every note sounded crisp. Visually, Jim Beckmann led a talented camera crew (Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht) and handled the edit himself, turning the session into a polished video experience. Check out the full performance on KEXP.org or swing by nationoflanguage.com for more. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The pandemic pastime that took golf by storm Jon Millman started crafting custom ball markers just to pass the time—little did he know they’d end up in Rory McIlroy’s pocket when he won the 2025 Masters and sealed his career grand slam. From hobby to Ryder Cup staple Now operating as Golf Life Metals, Millman’s markers are the official custom pieces for both Team Europe and Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? was an epic day on the links as the Bryan Bros got to tee off with the US Junior champ—and they’re pumped to share all the highlights. Smash that subscribe button on YouTube, join their newsletter, Discord and Twitch channels, and never miss a swing. They’ve also lined up sweet deals on their favorite gear—Rhoback, Foresight Sports launch monitors, Bushnell lasers, LAB putters, Takomo clubs and Bruce Bolt gloves—so grab those discount codes and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay in the loop. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

A long time ago, I started a project named Neuron-IQ. The idea was to make a WordPress like site from scratch. I wanted to learn things and the best moment to learn them was in front of me, My friend. Since, January, I had been working on it day and night. As well as, I also have to give Physics lectures at University. But, I had a gentle idea. The current form of the site looks quite different from that in previous parts of this series. And honestly, this series had taught me a lot. The current form of NeuronIQ, which you can visit obviously at NeuronIQ - What do you want to study? is quite new. And the good part is all the functionality is maintained without any database. I have transcended from a regular static website to a dynamic one, while technically its still static. And also, th…  ( 10 min )

Gungrave GORE Blood Heat is a fully rebuilt version of the original, packing a modern engine, revamped systems, and crisper visuals to deliver a cutting-edge gunslinging experience. With sharper character models, richer backgrounds, the return of fan-favorite elements, and exclusive new fighters, this remastered edition promises a totally transformed, action-packed ride. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

If you've prepped for interviews long enough, you've probably lived this scene: You open a LeetCode problem. You try a few ideas. You get stuck. you've seen the full approach. You paste code, pass tests, and a tiny voice whispers, “Did I actually learn anything?” This post is a guide to hints for LeetCode without spoilers—how to get just enough help to keep momentum without ruining the problem. It's part learning strategy, part practical playbook, and part field notes from people who’ve been through the grind. Spoilers give you an immediate hit of relief. They resolve uncertainty. But interviews aren’t graded on how quickly you can recognize a solution you just saw; they’re about navigating uncertainty with structure: Can you frame the problem and prune dead ends? Can you justify trade-off…  ( 11 min )

Artificial Intelligence has become one of the most powerful forces reshaping the digital economy. From chatbots to generative art, from automation to synthetic media, AI is everywhere. But one of the most fascinating — and lucrative — trends emerging in 2025 is AI influencers. These aren’t human creators who simply use AI; they’re fully AI-generated personas that build brands, create content, and attract audiences. And the best part? You don’t need to be a celebrity, a programmer, or even show your face to get in on this wave. In this guide, we’ll explore everything you need to know about AI influencers, how they work, how to monetize them, and how you can get started right now — even if you’re a complete beginner. Along the way, you’ll find practical strategies and even tools that can hel…  ( 11 min )

Why Steering Documents Matter A well-maintained AGENTS.md is the contract between your codebase and the agent ecosystem. It answers: What can I ask this agent to do here? What tools, conventions, or workflows are in scope? A good baseline of steering documents makes AI more predictable and reliable. Hinting it to follow your patterns, understands your architecture, and generates code that fits your codebase. It doesn't replace good AI practices, but it improves the OOTB experience. Remember it is written for AI agents, not human. Keep them concise and to the point. For example, see the GPT5-codex prompting guide and the terseness of the prompts. Characters add to an agent context window, so terseness allow them to do more. Testing steering documents is similar to testing an onboarding gu…  ( 9 min )

TL;DR: How to Create a Blockchain Define the purpose and rules (consensus, tokenomics, etc.). Choose the blockchain type (public, private, hybrid). Decide on the consensus mechanism (PoW, PoS, etc.). Create the genesis block (first block) to start the chain. Add blocks through transaction validation (with cryptographic security). Maintain decentralization (with a network of nodes). Secure the network with hashing, encryption, and digital signatures. Handle scaling and upgrades with governance and forks. Creating a blockchain requires technical expertise in cryptography, distributed computing, and decentralized systems. But once it's live, it can provide a secure, decentralized platform for a variety of applications—whether for cryptocurrency, dApps, or even private enterprise use. Let'…  ( 9 min )

When we need to render components based on different parameters, the most common solution is to use conditionals such as if or switch. However, these approaches can become less scalable as the codebase grows. Let’s compare three approaches: 🔹 Switch approach 🔹 Conditional (if/else) approach 🔹 enum + key-value object approach Using enums with key-value objects in the front-end allows you to organize data in a clean and reusable way. Instead of repetitive conditionals, you centralize related values (such as classes and labels) into easy-to-maintain structures. This makes the code more readable, scalable, and type-safe when combined with TypeScript. Why use it? Avoids code duplication Centralizes values in one place Leverages TypeScript’s type safety Scales much better when adding new cases ✅ Cleaner code 🔹 Why does this matter in the front-end? Using enum with key-value objects provides: Scalability: new variations can be added easily without editing multiple places. Organization: styles and labels are centralized. Reusability: the same objects can be reused across multiple components. Type safety: ensures that only valid values are passed. In larger projects, this approach aligns with how design systems are built — separating style tokens (colors, sizes, variants) from component logic. 🔹 Conclusion While if and switch work fine for simple cases, using enum + key-value objects is a practice that brings clarity, consistency, and scalability to front-end development — especially when working with TypeScript. If you deal with multiple UI variations, this approach can significantly improve code maintainability and evolution. What’s your go-to approach for rendering different component states? I’d love to hear other strategies from the community.  ( 7 min )

When I first heard about Web3, it felt overwhelming. Wallets, tokens, NFTs, smart contracts. Where do you even begin? Here’s the simple path I recommend if you’re just getting started: Get a Wallet → Install MetaMask Get Test Crypto → Use free test networks like Ethereum Sepolia before spending real money Play with dApps → Uniswap → swap test tokens OpenSea testnet → mint fake NFTs Mirror.xyz → write a blog post as an NFT Learn Solidity (optional) → If you want to build, start with Ethereum’s smart contract language That’s it. You don’t need to dive into everything at once. Just touch the ecosystem, get familiar, and see what excites you. I’ve also been working on Sassypack 🎉It’s a MERN Starter Kit to help you launch your startup fast. It comes with: A clean folder structure Authentication Landing page Paystack payments Basically, all the boring setup you don’t want to waste weeks on. You just plug in your idea and start building 🚀 Web3 isn’t going anywhere. Start small, play around, and if you’re building something yourself. Tools like Sassypack can save you time and let you focus on the actual product. Happy coding! 👋  ( 6 min )

When building rfgrep, a high-performance file search tool, I faced a fundamental challenge: how do you search through gigabytes of text at the speed of thought? The answer lies in leveraging SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) instructions that modern CPUs provide. In this post, I'll show you how rfgrep uses SIMD to achieve hardware-accelerated string matching that often outperforms traditional tools. Most string search implementations use naive approaches or basic algorithms like Boyer-Moore. While these work well for small files, they don't scale to the massive datasets that modern applications need to process. fn naive_search(text: &str, pattern: &str) -> Vec { let mut matches = Vec::new(); for (i, window) in text.as_bytes().windows(pattern.len()).enumerate() { …  ( 8 min )

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native development, Java has faced criticism for being slow to start and memory-hungry compared to newer technologies. Enter Quarkus, a framework that promises to make Java “supersonic and subatomic” while maintaining the rich ecosystem and developer experience Java developers love. If you’re coming from Spring Boot or other traditional Java frameworks, this comprehensive guide will help you understand what Quarkus brings to the table and whether it’s the right choice for your next project. Sample project link with a readme: https://github.com/rajkundalia/url-shortener-quarkus Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java stack tailored for OpenJDK HotSpot and GraalVM, crafted from the best-of-breed Java libraries and adhering to Jakarta EE and MicroProfil…  ( 8 min )

Overview Web developers these days create beautiful user interfaces, user experiences, and protect users' data against hackers and penetration testers. For example, if an application isn’t built with proper security controls, then tools such as OWASP ZAP can sit in the middle, intercept HTTP traffic, and reveal private credentials such as usernames and passwords. So, how do developers ensure that even if ZAP is in the middle it doesn’t see plain credentials? Passwords should never be stored as plain text on the backend. Rather, a hashing library should be used, for example: bcrypt (using bcryptjs in Node.js) argon2 (this can be used with the argon2 npm package and offers stronger protection against GPU attacks) Example (Node.js API): import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs'; const saltRounds =…  ( 7 min )

Introduction If you’re a DevOps lead managing a fleet of containers, image bloat and slow builds are the silent productivity killers that creep into any CI/CD pipeline. In this tutorial‑style guide we’ll walk through seven concrete techniques to shrink Docker images, accelerate builds, and keep your runners happy. The focus is on practical, reproducible steps you can drop into an existing workflow without a full rewrite. Multi‑stage builds let you separate the build environment from the runtime image. This eliminates compilers, package managers, and temporary files from the final artifact. # ---- Build Stage ---- FROM node:20-alpine AS builder WORKDIR /app COPY package*.json ./ RUN npm ci --only=production COPY . . RUN npm run build # ---- Runtime Stage ---- FROM node:20-alpine WORKDIR …  ( 8 min )

Kadane's Algorithm – Efficient Maximum Subarray Sum Imagine you're playing a game where you score positive or negative points each round. This is known as the: Maximum Subarray Problem Naive (Brute Force) Solution You could solve it by checking all possible subarrays and summing each one. [2, -3, 6] All possible consecutive subarrays: Subarray Sum The maximum sum is 6. But this method becomes very slow for long arrays → O(n²) time complexity. Kadane’s Algorithm (Efficient O(n) Solution) Kadane’s Algorithm solves this problem in linear time → O(n) Key Concepts We use two variables: Variable Purpose We iterate through the array once, updating these two values at each step. Algorithm Logic At each item x in the array: Add x to currentSum → means we’re trying to extend the current subarray. If currentSum > maxSum, update maxSum. If currentSum < 0, reset currentSum to 0 → we start fresh, because a negative sum will hurt any future subarray. JavaScript Implementation function maxSubArray(arr) { Let’s walk through the array: const arr = [2, -1, 3, -4, 5, -2, 2]; Final result: maxSum = 5 Special Case: All Negative Numbers If the array has only negative numbers, Kadane’s algorithm still works because we initialize: let maxSum = -Infinity; So it will still return the maximum negative value instead of returning 0.  Summary Kadane’s algorithm solves the Maximum Subarray Problem in O(n) time and O(1) space. It uses only two variables: currentSum and maxSum. You reset currentSum to 0 when it becomes negative, because any negative prefix will reduce your future total. Kadane’s Algorithm is a clean, fast, and optimal way to find the largest sum of a contiguous subarray.  ( 7 min )

As a developer, at least one time you said or heard... Including me also 🤣 So why it happened? Hmmm...Many factors "contribute" to this, example: Code conflict Integration error Process Manual etc. And CI/CD has born to helps us fix those issues CI/CD are the short term for Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery/Deployment. It helps the process become automated and deliver product to client in a reliable and fastest way. In CI, whenever a developer commit changes to the repository, it'll build & run test automatically. This helps ensure code is reliable and runnable, ready to integrate with the rest of the team's work. So with CI implementation, we can get the feedback right away after we commit, no need to wait the others for build and test When your changes reach CD, the next phase after CI, it means they’re packaged, tested, and ready to be deployed to staging or production environments. In CD, there are two definitions. Continuous Deliver: Code is ready to deploy, but it need someone - maybe you, to click approve for deployment => best suitable for production environments Continuous Deployment: The code is automatically deployed to the target environment as soon as it passes all the checks, it's hands-free deployment => ideal for staging environments We've covered the basics of CI/CD. If your team/project hasn't implemented it yet, consider doing so, you'll likely find it beneficial. In the next post, I will cover some tips/tools can use in CI/CD. Happy Coding!  ( 6 min )

The Security Operations Center is on high alert. A critical server is exhibiting strange network behavior, sending small, encrypted beacons to an unknown address in the middle of the night. Yet, the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform reports no malicious processes. The antivirus scans come back completely clean. A full forensic image of the hard drive reveals nothing—no suspicious executables, no rogue DLLs, no tell-tale log entries. To the traditional tools of digital investigation, the system appears pristine. But the outbound traffic doesn't lie. There is a ghost in the machine, an intruder operating in a dimension that disk-based forensics can no longer see: the ephemeral, volatile world of the system's memory. This scenario is the new reality of modern incident response. F…  ( 10 min )

Why Your AI is a Goldfish Part 2 of Knitli's 101 introductions to AI and the economics of AI Large language models (LLMs) use a fixed-size context window to process input and generate responses, but they don't have memory like humans. The context window contains all the information the model can consider at once, and when it overflows, older information is lost. LLMs are trained on outdated data, leading to a preference for older information and potential hallucinations when asked about unknown topics. Context management is crucial, as including too much or irrelevant information can hinder response accuracy. Engineers use techniques like prioritizing recent information and filtering out irrelevant details to manage context effectively. LLMs and Their 'Memories' …  ( 9 min )

Penyair – “Bambú” on A COLORS SHOW Penyair, the meditative MC hailing from Suba, Bogotá, stops by the COLORS stage to deliver a stripped-back performance of his new single “Bambú,” the follow-up to his latest album Filantropía. His hypnotic flow and minimal production let every nuance of the track shine through. True to form, COLORSxSTUDIOS provides a clean, distraction-free backdrop that puts emerging artists like Penyair front and center, celebrating fresh sounds from around the world. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes “Mungkin Saja” Live on KEXP Indonesian indie-rock crew Thee Marloes hit up KEXP’s Seattle studio on August 1, 2025 to run through their dreamy track “Mungkin Saja.” Fronted by Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys) alongside Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar/vox), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass/vox) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion/vox), the band delivers a tight, atmospheric take that’s part hypnotic groove, part indie-pop swagger. Behind the scenes, host Larry Mizell, Jr. steers the session with audio engineer Kevin Suggs and mastering wizard Matt Ogaz. Meanwhile, a dream team of camera operators and editor Luke Knecht capture every moment. Dive deeper into their vibe at theemarloes.bandcamp.com or check out the full session at kexp.org—and don’t forget to join their YouTube channel for extra perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Thee Marloes hit the KEXP studio on August 1, 2025 for a rousing live take on “Over.” The five-piece—Natassya Sianturi (vocals/keys), Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar/vox), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass/vox) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion/vox)—are guided by host Larry Mizell Jr., with Kevin Suggs on audio, Matt Ogaz mastering, a multi-cam shoot by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht, and final edits from Luke Knecht. Want more? Dive into their latest jams on https://theemarloes.bandcamp.com or swing by http://kexp.org—plus, join the YouTube channel for exclusive perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Getting started with.NET8 MAUI was both exciting and challenging for me. This was my very first time working with the technology, and honestly, I had no prior experience with it. While trying to build and publish my first app, I encountered several unexpected issues and learning curves. That’s why I decided to write this blog—so if you’re also starting your first .NET 8 MAUI project, you can learn from my journey and (hopefully) avoid some of the struggles I went through. It’s important to note that before creating an APK or AAB file, you need to generate a secret key. This key is essential for publishing your app, as any future updates must be signed with the same key. Therefore, it’s crucial to store this key securely. Command Line: keytool -genkey -v -keystore key.keystore -alias MauiAl…  ( 7 min )

Nation Of Language Live on KEXP Nation Of Language took over the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025, delivering a spirited live version of “In Another Life.” The synth-pop trio—Ian Devaney on guitars and vocals, Aidan Noell on keys and vocals, and Alex MacKay on bass—brought their signature hooks and lush melodies to the airwaves, all under the warm guidance of host Cheryl Waters. Behind the scenes, audio engineer Julian Martlew and guest mixer Skinny Salazar ensured every note popped, while Matt Ogaz handled mastering. Cameras rolled with Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, and Luke Knecht, and Beckmann also took on editing duties. Dive deeper at www.nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org, and don’t forget to join the KEXP YouTube channel for exclusive perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Git continually prompts for your user credentials when you push, it is probably because your credentials are either not being cached or not being correctly saved? Here are some commands to fix the situation: You can set up your credentials to be stored permanently using the store helper(Note that storing them in plain text is rather insecure). git config --global credential.helper store After executing the commands above, Git will store your credentials in the ~/.git-credentials file the first time you enter them. Subsequently, you should now be able to stop Git repeatedly asking for your credentials.  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language dropped a killer live version of “Under The Water” in the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025. The synth-pop trio—Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass)—were hosted by Cheryl Waters, engineered by Julian Martlew and Skinny Salazar, and mastered by Matt Ogaz. Captured on cameras by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen and Luke Knecht (with Beckmann editing), this session radiates dreamy vibes from start to finish. Hit up nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org for more, and join the YouTube channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language dropped a raw, synth-laced take on “I’m Not Ready For The Change” live in the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025, with Ian Devaney shredding guitars and leading vocals, Aidan Noell on keys, and Alex MacKay laying down the bassline. Host Cheryl Waters kept the energy flowing while Julian Martlew captured every nuance, Skinny Salazar mixed the magic, and Matt Ogaz polished it off. A dream team of lens masters—Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, and Luke Knecht—filmed the session, with Beckmann also in the editing seat. Dive deeper at nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org, and snag exclusive perks by joining KEXP’s YouTube channel. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language hit the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025, serving up four gleaming synth-pop gems—“Under the Water,” “I’m Not Ready for the Change,” “Inept Apollo,” and “In Another Life.” Ian Devaney led the charge on guitar and vocals, joined by Aidan Noell on keys and Alex MacKay on bass, all under the warm welcome of host Cheryl Waters. Behind the boards, audio engineers Julian Martlew and guest mixer Skinny Salazar captured every pulsing beat, with Matt Ogaz mastering the final shine. Shot by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, and Luke Knecht, this live session is a must-watch for fans craving retro-futuristic hooks and dreamy soundscapes. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

NINJA GAIDEN 4 – TGS 2025 Gameplay Overview NINJA GAIDEN 4’s TGS trailer teases dynamic enemy placement and aggressive AI that scales with your chosen difficulty, staying true to the series’ brutal roots. Newcomers can ease in thanks to a Hero Mode with adjustable assists, so you’re not totally outmatched on day one. Plus, for the first time ever there’s a standalone training mode to polish your combos before tackling anything from Hero Mode up to the unforgiving Master Ninja Level. Enjoy high-speed, high-stakes action with a bit of a safety net this time around. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

As a frontend engineer adapting to new tools, I’ve been trying out IDEs that promise to improve development workflows. One of the most promising is Figma MCP, which improves how LLMs replicate user interfaces designed in Figma. I initially struggled to configure MCP to work with Kiro IDE, so I’ve documented the exact steps to make it easier for you. a. Navigate to Settings in Figma. a. Open Settings in Kiro. { d. Replace "your_figma_api_key" with the token you generated in Figma. Open the Figma design you want to work with in Kiro. Select a component in the design. Right-click, choose Copy link to selection, and paste it into your Kiro chat. Address your prompts to that link. Note: This requires a paid plan on Figma. Will you be trying Figma MCP on Kiro? Have questions or hit any snags? Let me know in the comments. I’d be glad to help. Read moe tutorials on my Hashnode blog. I share frontend engineering insights and practical developer experience tips. Follow along if you’re interested in design-to-code workflows and the future of DevRel.  ( 6 min )

Remember when you first learned to cook? You probably started with simple recipes like scrambled eggs or toast. But eventually you wanted to make something more complex, like a full dinner with multiple dishes. That's how subrecipes work in goose: each recipe can run stand-alone for a dedicated task, and a main recipe can orchestrate how they run. Let's explore goose subrecipes together! You're about to learn know how to orchestrate multiple AI models, coordinate tasks, and build workflows that will turn you into a "head chef" user with goose. Think of subrecipes like having a team of specialized chefs in your kitchen. One chef is amazing at making desserts, another excels at grilling, and a third is the salad master. Instead of having one person try to do everything, you let each speciali…  ( 12 min )

With so many LLM providers and coding environments, how do you choose the right one for your next project? We all want the "best" model, but what we really need is the one that's the most reliable, the most cost-effective, and the most suited for our workflow. This guide breaks down the real-world performance, pricing, and hidden costs of the top LLM providers and CLI environments, from freemium to enterprise. We'll go beyond the marketing claims and give you the data you need to make an informed decision. LLM and Inference Provider Cross-Reference OpenAI Freemium / Entry Level Cost: Free tier with a $5.00 credit (valid for 3 months). Pricing Model: Pay-per-token; different rates for different models (e.g., GPT-4o is more expensive than GPT-3.5). Reliability & Throughput: Hi…  ( 11 min )

1. Introdução Desde que sistemas começaram a se comunicar, integrar tudo de forma eficiente virou um desafio. Com a chegada da web, novas possibilidades surgiram, e entre elas, o REST se destacou como o jeito mais prático e popular de fazer essa comunicação acontecer. Hoje, REST é a base da maioria das APIs modernas. Este artigo mostra o que é REST, por que ele faz tanto sucesso e como ele é usado na prática. REST (Representational State Transfer) não é uma tecnologia, mas um estilo de arquitetura proposto por Roy Fielding em 2000. Ele se baseia em princípios simples que usam o protocolo HTTP para acessar e manipular recursos, que são representações de dados, identificados por URLs. A força do REST está justamente na sua simplicidade. Como resume Marco Tulio Valente: “Um padrão simples, …  ( 8 min )

Neste artigo damos continuidade à nossa análise histórica sobre os recursos que cada versão do Java. trouxe para tornar o código mais limpo e simples para o desenvolvedor. Se você caiu de paraquedas aqui e ainda não leu a primeira parte, clique aqui. O Java 11 trouxe várias melhorias pontuais. Entre elas, novos métodos em String(isBlank, lines, strip, stripLeading, stripTrailing e repeat), a possibilidade de usar var em parâmetros de expressões lambda e um novo HttpClient moderno e menos verboso. O isBlank(), verifica se a string é vazia ou contém apenas espaços em branco: String texto = " Olá \nMundo "; String textoVazio = " "; System.out.println(texto.isBlank()); //false System.out.println(textoVazio); //true O método lines() deixa o código mais limpo quando precisamos…  ( 7 min )

Plasma Foundation | Over USD 2.4B TVL & 54.02% APY, XPL and Staking Rewards Dear community, We are excited to introduce Plasma, a next-generation stablecoin ecosystem, now launching its XPL token and native stablecoin neobank, targeting emerging markets. Recent milestones include: XPL Token Market Cap: Over USD 2.4B at debut Mainnet Beta Launch: XPL token rallying ahead of full deployment Stablecoin-Neobank Integration: First of its kind, designed for seamless cross-border payments Emerging Markets Focus: Expanding access to digital financial tools globally Staking Rewards: Earn rewards proportional to the amount of XPL tokens staked Next step: Participate in staking to secure early rewards and access exclusive ecosystem benefits. Ensure wallet registration and token eligibility to maximiz…  ( 6 min )

Introduction: Why Dashboards Matter in the Data Age In today’s digital world, businesses are swimming in oceans of data. Every click, purchase, or transaction leaves behind a trail of information. Yet, raw data alone means little until it is shaped into something that decision-makers can understand and act upon. That’s where dashboards step in. According to Wikipedia, dashboards provide at-a-glance views of key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to a specific business goal. But in simpler terms, dashboards act as a window into your business health—a storytelling tool that translates numbers into actionable insights. When designed correctly, dashboards become a silent advisor, answering critical questions such as: Are we meeting our targets? What are the risks? Where are the opportuniti…  ( 10 min )

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Plasma Foundation | Over USD 2.4B TVL & 54.02% APY, XPL and Staking Rewards Dear community, We are excited to introduce Plasma, a next-generation stablecoin ecosystem, now launching its XPL token and native stablecoin neobank, targeting emerging markets. Recent milestones include: XPL Token Market Cap: Over USD 2.4B at debut Mainnet Beta Launch: XPL token rallying ahead of full deployment Stablecoin-Neobank Integration: First of its kind, designed for seamless cross-border payments Emerging Markets Focus: Expanding access to digital financial tools globally Staking Rewards: Earn rewards proportional to the amount of XPL tokens staked Next step: Participate in staking to secure early rewards and access exclusive ecosystem benefits. Ensure wallet registration and token eligibility to maximiz…  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone! I'm here to share a bit about my current journey—one that's taking me from the physical world of Master Electrician work and small business ownership into the digital realm of software development. It's a huge, exciting, and sometimes terrifying shift, and I know I'm not the only one making a big career change. For years, my world revolved around circuit diagrams, voltage testers, and the precise logic of electrical systems. As a Master Electrician with multiple licenses and a contracting business owner, my days were defined by planning installations, ensuring safety, and troubleshooting complex systems. The work required meticulous precision and a deep understanding of how components interact. Recently, I felt a pull toward something new—the systems that run the digital worl…  ( 9 min )

•The container tag is used to group everything that gets displayed on a web page when loaded in a browser.  •All the content elements that you need to display (like paragraphs, headings, buttons and images) need to be inside the container tag. 💡Fun Fact A web page can contain only one body element. Body tags are needed for your page to be compatible with all web browsers.  ( 6 min )

🧠 Tiny Yet Mighty: How TinyGo is Revolutionizing IoT and Embedded Development in 2024 Tired of bloated embedded toolchains and complex cross-compiling rituals? There’s a new sheriff in town: TinyGo – the minimalist Go compiler that's making embedded programming fun again. And it's not just for Arduinos – learn how this lightweight beast is building WebAssembly and microcontroller firmware like a boss. TinyGo is a lean and mean version of the Go programming language made specifically for: Microcontrollers WebAssembly (WASM) Tiny footprint Linux-based devices Built on LLVM and compatible with many Go language features, TinyGo lets you write Go code that runs on devices with as little as 16KB of RAM. Yes, seriously. Cross compiling made easy Runs on dozens of MCUs (Arduino, ESP32, STM32, …  ( 9 min )

The most innovative music tools of 2025! Andrew Huang teams up with The MIDI Association to showcase the year’s coolest gear, from polished commercial hardware and software to experimental prototypes. Expect to see everything from sleek audio interfaces and plugins to next-level synth rigs and cutting-edge production tools—plus a deep dive into the promise of MIDI 2.0. Chapters guide you through each category: • Commercial hardware products (0:51) • Hardware prototypes (4:22) • Commercial software products (6:56) • Software prototypes (10:42) • MIDI 2.0 (13:21) • Artistic/visual projects & installations (14:27) Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes dropped by KEXP’s Seattle studio on August 1, 2025, to perform their song “Over” live. The Indonesian quintet features Natassya Sianturi on vocals and keys, Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar and backing vocals, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass and backing vocals, and Sandy Kusuma on percussion and backing vocals. Hosted by Larry Mizell, Jr., the session was recorded by audio engineer Kevin Suggs and mastered by Matt Ogaz. A five-cam shoot (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson & Luke Knecht) was edited by Luke Knecht. Dive deeper at theemarloes.bandcamp.com or kexp.org, and join their YouTube channel for extra perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language dropped a vibrant live rendition of In Another Life at the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025. Ian Devaney leads on guitars and vocals, Aidan Noell adds keys and harmonies, and Alex MacKay holds it down on bass, all under the warm guidance of host Cheryl Waters. Behind the scenes, Julian Martlew and guest mixer Skinny Salazar handled the audio engineering, with Matt Ogaz mastering the track. A four-camera setup (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Luke Knecht) captured every moment, edited by Jim Beckmann. Explore more at nationoflanguage.com and kexp.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language hit the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025, to perform their dreamy synth-pop track “Under The Water.” Fronted by Ian Devaney (guitar/vox), with Aidan Noell on keys and vocals and Alex MacKay on bass, the trio delivered a tight, atmospheric live take that’s as catchy as it is immersive. Hosted by Cheryl Waters and captured by audio engineers Julian Martlew and guest mixer Skinny Salazar (mastered by Matt Ogaz), the session was filmed by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht and edited by Beckmann. Dive deeper at nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org, and join the channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language hit the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025 to unleash a live rendition of “I’m Not Ready For The Change.” Fronted by Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), with Aidan Noell on keys and Alex MacKay on bass, the session was steered by host Cheryl Waters and engineered by Julian Martlew with Skinny Salazar mixing, then polished by Matt Ogaz. A camera squad led by Jim Beckmann (with Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht) captured every moment before editor Jim Beckmann put it all together. Dive deeper at nationoflanguage.com or kexp.org, and join their YouTube channel for exclusive perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language Live on KEXP On August 4, 2025, synth-pop trio Nation of Language dropped a full live session at the KEXP studio, rolling through four tight tracks—“Under the Water,” “I’m Not Ready For The Change,” “Inept Apollo,” and “In Another Life.” Ian Devaney’s guitars and vocals led the charge, backed by Aidan Noell on keys and Alex MacKay on bass, all steered by host Cheryl Waters. Behind the scenes, Julian Martlew, Skinny Salazar, and Matt Ogaz handled audio duties, while Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, and Luke Knecht captured every angle (with Beckmann on the edit). Watch the full performance at kexp.org, explore more at nationoflanguage.com, and join the KEXP YouTube channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

🚀 Quick update: After taking on the SOC‑CERT challenge, I’m excited to share that my production-style SOC dashboard is now live — built with 15+ KendoReact Free components and powered by real Cohere AI analysis (with a smart fallback system for reliability). 🔍 What’s Inside: Real AI Integration – Live threat analysis via Cohere’s API, with clear environment/source badges (Cohere-Direct / Intelligent-Fallback). Stable Demo Data – Powered by a KV snapshot to ensure a smooth and consistent judging experience. 🚀 Try It Out: https://soc-cert-dashboard.vercel.app Source Code: https://github.com/joupify/soc-cert-dashboard 💡 Behind the Build: Full transparency: real API calls when available, graceful fallbacks when not — no mockups. Feedback and feature ideas are welcome! Follow-ups will include captions, posters, and deeper dives into the AI analysis examples.  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Hidden Merch Scoop During the pandemic, Jon Millman whipped up custom ball markers as a hobby—and before he knew it, his Golf Life Metals creations were in the pockets of the world’s best. Rory McIlroy famously used one to clinch the 2025 Masters and complete his career grand slam. Now Millman’s markers will be teeing off with both Team Europe and Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup on Bethpage Black. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment just got the official Zelda stamp, and that canon status is unlocking some seriously cool new gameplay twists. From a hands-on peek, you can expect fresh mechanics and epic crowd-clearing action that feel right at home in Hyrule’s lore—and then some. Watch on YouTube  ( 5 min )

Ananta | Official 10 Minute Gameplay Trailer The moment you sign in as Nova City’s new captain, your company goes belly-up and the internet explodes—thanks to a Maniac Chaos–induced traffic jam. You’re thrown into a chaos soup of online outrage and heavy workloads. Worse yet, you barely know the city. With unfamiliar streets, a collapsing organization and no handbook for everyday nightmares, brace yourself: some seriously tough days are ahead. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Imagine running a cozy café with a tiny pastry shelf. You can only keep a few items at a time, and when the shelf is full, something has to go. The real question: which pastry gets kicked off to make room for the new one? That’s exactly what caches do in software. The shelf is your RAM, pastries are data, and the “kick-off” rules are called cache eviction policies. Let’s see how each works — café style. Kick out the oldest item first. Everyday café analogy: The cinnamon bun that’s been sitting on the shelf longest gets tossed to make space for fresh pastries. Why it works: What if that cinnamon bun is still a customer favorite? FIFO doesn’t care — it’s gone. Where it's used: Simple and predictable, FIFO works in queues, streaming buffers, and systems where order matters more than popularit…  ( 7 min )

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When you're juggling dozens of user preferences and permission levels, it's easy to reach for JSONB columns or sprawling tables of boolean fields. But there's a leaner way: bitmasks. With a single BIGINT column you can encode up to 64 flags, check them in constant time, and keep your schema compact. Pair this with generated columns in Postgres, and you get the best of both worlds - compact storage and human-readable queries. Note: This comes with some caveats. Bitmasks are fast and small, but they can add complexity - sometimes unnecessarily. Generally I would only implement this approach on a very specific class of project and where the flags are immutable or fixed - migrations can be a pain and over large, long-lived projects it's probably not the best choice. In the real world, I use th…  ( 10 min )

Before AI came along, legal work was slow and mostly manual. Lawyers spent hours digging through documents, researching cases, and drafting contracts. This whole process burned a lot of time and money. For many people, it made getting legal help feel out of reach. AI is shaking things up by speeding through routine tasks like document review and case research. Now, legal AI tools can automate a bunch of steps, so lawyers get to spend more time on strategy and less time buried in paperwork. Legal services are getting more efficient and, honestly, a bit more accessible for everyone. The Legal Landscape Before and After AI The legal world used to run on manual work—long hours spent on paperwork, research, and endless review. With AI tools in the mix, you can work faster and with fewer mista…  ( 9 min )

Creating a card game platform in Java is an excellent way to practice object-oriented design, arrays, and algorithmic thinking. Today, we’ll explore a full-featured deck of cards implementation with shuffling, dealing, peeking, and utility methods. By the end, you’ll understand how to manage a deck programmatically and create a foundation for any card game. 🌱 1️⃣ Representing the Cards Each card has a face (Ace, Two, …) and a suit (Hearts, Spades, …). public class Card { private final String face; private final String suit; public Card(String face, String suit) { this.face = face; this.suit = suit; } @Override public String toString() { return face + " of " + suit; } } Explanation: Using final ensures immutability of each card. The to…  ( 8 min )

Introduction Whenever I'm not sure what a user input is, I normally have to check to see its type to figure out how to deal with the information. Most of the time, people will say to use TypeScript, but when I work on personal projects or solo projects, I would rather not deal with TypeScript's added bloat of syntax. So today is a quick post on how I handle each type in JavaScript. When you want to check basic values like strings, numbers, bigints, booleans, undefined and symbols, it is as easy as just using the typeof operator. As they are primitive types, they have their own set value and are easy as just checking their type. console.log(typeof "Hello World"); // string console.log(typeof 100); // number console.log(typeof 42n); // bigint console.log(typeof…  ( 8 min )

Close the Gap Between Jira and Your Code Managers: ‘It’s all in Jira.’ Developers: switch tabs for the 37th time 🙄 Imdone: Keep it in the repo. 🚀 imdone.io  ( 6 min )

Over the last decade or so, I have had the opportunity to experiment with various git usage strategies and styles. Ranging from branch names, to pull request descriptions, a lot of time has been spent thinking about how to best describe our work to convey as much information clearly and concisely to others. There are a wealth of strategies or style guides on how to best utilise the git ecosystem but there is no silver bullet that solves all potential scenarios. What follows is an outline of some of the rules and guides I have incorporated into my daily git life which has best worked for my team and me. Disclaimer: This is an evolving document which has been altered and tuned over the years. It may not apply to you and your situation but perhaps there is a nugget or two here that could impr…  ( 9 min )

Creating high-quality content consistently can be a challenge—whether it’s blog posts, social media updates, or technical documentation. That’s why I built ContentAIPro, an AI-powered tool that helps developers, writers, and creators generate content faster and smarter. 🔹 Key Features AI Content Generation: Create blog posts, articles, and social media captions in seconds. Customizable Prompts: Guide the AI to produce content in your style or tone. Multi-Platform Support: Generate content for websites, LinkedIn, Twitter, and more. SEO Friendly: Suggestions to optimize your content for better search visibility. Easy Integration: Works with APIs for automation in your workflow. 🔹 Tech Stack[LINK:- https://zingy-creponne-8ff206.netlify.app/] Backend: Python, FastAPI AI: OpenAI GPT / Custom ML models Frontend: React + Tailwind CSS Deployment: Docker, AWS ContentAIPro is designed to save time, boost creativity, and improve productivity for anyone who creates content regularly. Check it out and let me know your thoughts! Feedback is always welcome 🙌 AI #MachineLearning #ContentCreation #FullStack #Python #React #DevTools  ( 6 min )

Qodo-Merge 🚀Qodo Merge is an open-source tool designed to streamline the review and management of pull requests (PRs) by providing AI-powered feedback and suggestions. With Qodo-Merge you can automate the code review process for all pull requests ensuring that only high-quality code gets merged into the main codebase. By default it uses the GPT-4 model(You'll need an OpenAI API Key) but you can change the model of your preference or even add your own custom model. This enables you to chat with the PR Agent instantly on your public GitHub repository. You just need to mention @CodiumAI-Agent and add the below mentioned desired command in any PR comment. The agent will generate a response based on your command. /describe – generates PR description - title, type, summary, code walkthrou…  ( 11 min )

Plasma Foundation | Over USD 2.4B TVL & 54.02% APY, XPL and Staking Rewards Dear community, We are excited to introduce Plasma, a next-generation stablecoin ecosystem, now launching its XPL token and native stablecoin neobank, targeting emerging markets. Recent milestones include: XPL Token Market Cap: Over USD 2.4B at debut Mainnet Beta Launch: XPL token rallying ahead of full deployment Stablecoin-Neobank Integration: First of its kind, designed for seamless cross-border payments Emerging Markets Focus: Expanding access to digital financial tools globally Staking Rewards: Earn rewards proportional to the amount of XPL tokens staked Next step: Participate in staking to secure early rewards and access exclusive ecosystem benefits. Ensure wallet registration and token eligibility to maximiz…  ( 6 min )

Hi! September brings a new API - Identity Insights — plus major Video API improvements. The Vonage Viewpoint Questionnaire is ready for your feedback. You’ll also find fresh tutorials on RCS and SIM swap fraud … not to mention the latest tech trends. And get ready for a busy events season. Circle the dates and come meet the team. The Vonage Developer Relations Team 💜 SURVEY Your Viewpoint Questionnaire — Developer Community The Vonage Developer Community offers workspaces, channels, events, and activities to help developers connect and support one another. We’d love your feedback to improve the Developer Community. Complete the questionnaire by November 30, 2025, *to receive a *€10 Vonage coupon. Limited to one entry per person. Open to Vonage Viewpoint User Group participants only. RELE…  ( 8 min )

The most innovative music tools of 2025! Andrew Huang kicks off the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards by showcasing sleek commercial hardware, wild prototype gear, and cutting-edge software experiments—all powered by the next-gen MIDI 2.0 spec. He wraps up with jaw-dropping artistic and visual installations that blur the lines between music and tech. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes – “Mungkin Saja” Live on KEXP Get ready for an intimate in-studio jam as Indonesian alt-rockers Thee Marloes deliver their track “Mungkin Saja” live at KEXP on August 1, 2025. With Natassya Sianturi’s evocative vocals and keys, Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar & vox, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass & vox, and Sandy Kusuma on percussion, it’s a feel-good performance you don’t want to miss. Behind the scenes, host Larry Mizell Jr. keeps the vibe flowing, while Kevin Suggs and Matt Ogaz handle the audio magic. A team of five camera operators and editor Luke Knecht turn the session into video gold. Catch more live sessions on KEXP.org or explore fresh tunes on their Bandcamp—and hey, why not join the YouTube channel for some sweet perks? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes crash into the KEXP studio with a live take of their track “Over,” recorded August 1, 2025. Fronted by Natassya Sianturi’s vocals and keys, the Jakarta five-piece (Sinatrya Dharaka on guitar, Tommy Satrio on drums, Rhesa Filbert on bass and vocals, plus Sandy Kusuma on percussion and backing vox) brings raw indie-rock energy you can almost touch. Hosted by Larry Mizell, Jr., mixed by Kevin Suggs and mastered by Matt Ogaz, the session’s captured on camera by Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen, Jonathan Jacobson and Luke Knecht (who also handles the edit). Catch the full performance at KEXP.org or snag “Over” on Thee Marloes’ Bandcamp. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Thee Marloes rocked the KEXP studio on August 1, 2025, with a concise five‐song set featuring “Logika,” “Over,” “Not Today,” “Mungkin Saja” and “I’d Be Lost.” The Jakarta‐based crew brought a punchy, rhythmic vibe straight to your speakers. Fronted by Natassya Sianturi (vox/keys) and backed by Sinatrya Dharaka (guitar), Tommy Satrio (drums), Rhesa Filbert (bass) and Sandy Kusuma (percussion), the session was hosted by Larry Mizell Jr. Audio engineer Kevin Suggs and mastering whiz Matt Ogaz kept things crisp, while a five‐camera team and editor Luke Knecht captured every moment. Dive deeper on their Bandcamp or catch the full set at KEXP.org. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language Live on KEXP Brooklyn synth-pop trio Nation of Language stopped by KEXP on August 4, 2025 to play their single “In Another Life,” with Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass) laying down the studio magic. Host Cheryl Waters guided the session as audio engineers Julian Martlew and Skinny Salazar handled the mix, with mastering by Matt Ogaz. A four-camera setup (Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen & Luke Knecht) captured every moment, and editor Jim Beckmann stitched it all together. For more live sessions and perks, head to nationoflanguage.com, kexp.org or join the KEXP YouTube channel! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation of Language hit the KEXP studio on August 4, 2025, to perform their dreamy single “Under The Water.” Ian Devaney (guitar/vocals), Aidan Noell (keys/vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass) brought their infectious synth-pop vibe to Seattle’s beloved indie radio station, all under the friendly guidance of host Cheryl Waters. Behind the scenes, audio engineer Julian Martlew teamed up with guest mixer Skinny Salazar (mastered by Matt Ogaz) to nail the perfect live sound, while Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen and Luke Knecht captured the performance on camera (with Beckmann also handling the edit). Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nation Of Language Live on KEXP Nation Of Language stopped by KEXP on August 4, 2025, to lay down a vibrant in-studio rendition of “I’m Not Ready For The Change.” The synth-pop trio—Ian Devaney (guitars, vocals), Aidan Noell (keys, vocals) and Alex MacKay (bass)—lock in under the watchful eye of host Cheryl Waters, with audio wizardry from Julian Martlew, Skinny Salazar and Matt Ogaz. Behind the scenes, Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Scott Holpainen and Luke Knecht handled the cameras and editing to capture every neon-tinged riff. For more Nation Of Language goodness, head to https://www.nationoflanguage.com or join KEXP’s channel for exclusive perks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Ryder Cup’s Secret Weapon: Custom Ball Markers What started as Jon Millman’s pandemic hobby of handcrafting unique ball markers has turned into Golf Life Metals, the go-to source for Tour-level swag. Believe it or not, Rory McIlroy tapped one of Millman’s markers on his way to winning the 2025 Masters and completing his career grand slam. Now, heading into the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, both Team Europe and Team USA will sport these bespoke markers, proving that—even in elite golf—small touches can make a big statement. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion? A surprise round of golf with the US Junior Champion turned into an unforgettable day on the course—watch as they tee off, trade shots and push each other to play their best. Beyond the epic matchup, the video’s loaded with gear recommendations and discount codes—from Rhoback apparel and Foresight Sports launch monitors to Bushnell rangefinders and LAB putters—plus links to join the newsletter, Discord, Twitch stream and all their social channels for more golf content. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Hands-On Preview The latest Musou-style Zelda spin-off, Age of Imprisonment, has officially joined the series’ canon—meaning those over-the-top battles now actually impact the wider Legend of Zelda timeline. Expect familiar characters, epic boss brawls, and a few surprise twists that tie directly into Hyrule’s established lore. With its canon status, the game introduces brand-new mechanics that feel right at home in the Zelda universe—think dynamic stage events, weapon upgrades that evolve alongside Link, and special “story battles” that give longtime fans some juicy narrative payoffs. It’s classic musou chaos… but with a Zelda-shaped twist. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

NINJA GAIDEN 4 dives back into its punishing roots with dynamic enemy placement and aggressive AI that scale with your chosen difficulty. New Hero Mode and adjustable assists make high-speed combat more approachable, while a series-first stand-alone training mode lets you perfect your combos before facing the real challenge. The TGS 2025 gameplay overview trailer breaks it all down: Intro at 0:00, Hero Mode at 1:01, and a brutal Master Ninja Level run at 2:44. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ghost of Yōtei Review Ghost of Yōtei hands you the reins to Atsu, a fresh-faced protagonist driven by a thirst for revenge. From the opening moments, you’re swept into a tale that’s as emotionally charged as it is action-packed. Set against the lush yet blood-soaked tapestries of Feudal Japan, the game thrives on its stunning contrasts—serene shrines one moment, brutal skirmishes the next. It’s a wild ride that balances beauty and violence like a razor’s edge. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )